After the event insurance: duties of the assured

In Denso Manufacturing UK Ltd v Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) plc [2017] EWHC 391 (Comm) a series of questions arose in respect to the interpretation of an after the event policy. Some of those were confined to the context of ATE insurance. Others – in particular the nature and effect of cooperation provisions and premium obligations – are of much wider interest. Judgment was given by Sara Cockerill QC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court.

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