JAN DE NUL (UK) LTD v NV ROYALE BELGE

[2001] Lloyd's Rep IR 327

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Moore-Bick

Insurance (liability) - Dredging works in Southampton water - Contractors causing silting of moorings, jetties and fishing grounds and obstruction of waterways - Whether contractors liable to occupiers and users - Basis of liability in negligence, private nuisance and public nuisance - Co-insurance between employers and contractors - Assignment of benefits from employers to contractors - Whether policy covered losses - Effect of exclusions for serious fault, non-consequential immaterial damage and non-accidental pollution.