Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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ATHEL LINE, LTD. v. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON WAR RISKS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, LTD.

(1944) 78 Ll.L.Rep. 414

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Atkinson.

Insurance (Marine or War)-Warlike operations - Stranding - Plaintiffs' tanker requisitioned by M.W.T.-Carriage of full cargo of fuel oil from Trinidad to naval bases at Loch Alsh and Scapa Flow-Ship instructed to anchor in Loch Alsh to await orders to discharge-Ship holed by sitting on rock while swinging to her anchor- Whether such damage recoverable from war risk insurers as a consequence of the warlike operations on which the ship was engaged.

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