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[2000] Lloyd's Rep IR 179

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Langley

Reinsurance - Operational policy on flash converter furnace and acid plant - Whether FCF and plant excluded from cover prior to testing and commissioning - Whether leading underwriter had validly imposed condition requiring testing and commissioning - Whether reinsurers estopped from relying on policy terms by agreeing to endorsement.