Chubb Insurance Singapore Ltd v Sizer Metals Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC(A) 17, Singapore Court of Appeal (Justice of the Court of Appeal Belinda Ang Saw Ean, Judge of the Appellate Division Woo Bih Li and Justice Aedit Abdullah) - 3 May 2023

Insurance (marine cargo) - All risks cover - Theft of cargo - Dispute as to whether cargo was lost before or during course of transit - Burden of proof - Institute Cargo Clauses (A)

Sizer was a Singapore company engaged in trading base metals. In September 2017 and May 2018 Sizer entered into two contracts with Excellent Mining in Rwanda for the purchase of tin concentrate. The first contract was for six shipments of tin concentrate: the first five shipments were shipped and received in Penang, but the sixth shipment was found on its arrival in Penang in July 2018 to contain iron oxide and not tin concentrate.