Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd (‘The Bunga Melati Dua’) [2011] EWCA Civ 24

Marine Insurance - Piracy - Payment of ransom - Vessel and cargo released from seizure - whether cargo became an actual total loss on seizure - theft - public policy

After almost one year of waiting since the judgment in the first instance in February 2010, the much anticipated Court of Appeal judgment was handed down on 26 January 2011.