Atlasnavios - Navegacao, LDA v Navigators Insurance Company Ltd & Ors [2016]

Court of Appeal
Written By Louise Glover

Atlasnavios - Navegacao, LDA v Navigators Insurance Company Ltd & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 808- 01 August 2016 (Laws LJ, Clarke LJ, Sir Timothy Lloyd)

“A vessel detained and later confiscated in Venezuela allegedly due to drugs strapped to its hull was not considered a constructive total loss under its war risks cover since a proximate cause of the loss, the detention of the vessel, was subject to…

“A vessel detained and later confiscated in Venezuela allegedly due to drugs strapped to its hull was not considered a constructive total loss under its war risks cover since a proximate cause of the loss, the detention of the vessel, was subject to the infringement of a customs regulation exclusion clause of the policy.“

Vasilis Bikakis
E. G. Arghyrakis & Co.
17th August 2016

Louise Glover
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