BRAGANZA v BP SHIPPING LTD AND ANOTHER (THE "BRITISH UNITY")
[2015] 2 Lloyd's Rep 240
SUPREME COURT
Before Lord NEUBERGER,Lord HALE,Lord KERR,Lord WILSON,Lord HODGE
Contract – Death benefits – Crew member disappearing at sea – Employer refusing to pay contractual death benefits on basis that death was suicide and therefore resulted from "wilful default" – Whether employer misdirected itself in law – Whether employer's opinion as to cause of death reasonable.