Marine insurance: causation and malicious acts

The Supreme Court in Atlasnavios-Navegação Lda v Navigators Insurance Co Ltd [2018] UKSC 26 has clarified the meaning of the standard war risks cover for persons acting maliciously and of the standard exclusion for infringement of customs or trading regulations. The judgment of Lord Mance, with whom the other members of the Supreme Court agreed, also contains some interesting observations on causation.

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