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Declaratory relief

Sun Alliance & London Insurance plc v PT Asuransri Dayan Mitra TBK, The No 1 Dae Bu [2006] EWHC 812 (Comm) illustrates the obvious proposition that if a policy is governed by English law and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts, insurers are fully entitled to seek negative declaratory relief against the assured in England.

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