Collateral lies

The vessel 'DC Merwestone' before it became the subject of an infamous test case (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

Recently a marine test case at the UK’s Supreme Court (Versloot v HDI Gerling) ruled that so called ‘collateral lies’ were no longer grounds in themselves for a whole insurance claim to be thrown out.

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