KAMIDIAN v HOLT AND OTHERS [2008] EWHC 1483 (Comm)

[2009] Lloyd's Rep. IR 242

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Tomlinson

Insurance (fine art) - Dr Metzger Egg Clock loaned to gallery under loan agreement - Clock sustaining damage in transit - Further damage discovered after return journey - Whether claimant had title to sue insurers - Whether claimant guilty of misrepresentation in respect of provenance of clock - Whether claimant under a duty to disclose doubts as to provenance - Bailment - Whether claimant entitled to recover in bailment or under loan agreement from borrower or from co-curators - Measure of damages.