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A Defining Moment for the London Market? An Analysis of the Judgment in: David George King and Others v Brandywine Reinsurance (UK) Ltd (formerly Cigna Re Co (UK))
Published 2004-09-29
Keywords
- marine insurance,
- oil pollution,
- The Exxon Valdez,
- reinsurance contract,
- insurance policy
- pollution clean-up costs,
- proper law of the contract,
- exclusion of liability,
- jurisdiction,
- exclusion clause ...More
Abstract
This paper was presented by Ron Salter (in the author's absence) as part of Business Session 1, on the topic of 'Insuring Marine Risks in the Modern Day', which was chaired by Peter McQueen. The third page of the paper contains a short biography of the author.
In this paper, Martin-Clark explores the decision of and judgment in David George King and Ors v Brandywine Reinsurance (UK) Ltd, anticipating that it may assist in clearing the problem of excess of loss claims arising from the Exxon Valdez oil disaster.