CAPE PLC v IRON TRADES EMPLOYERS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD

[2004] Lloyd's Rep IR 75

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Rix

Insurance (employers’ liability) - Policy excluding liability for pneumoconiosis - Whether exclusion covered liability for mesothelioma - Whether policy should be rectified to exclude mesothelioma - Whether rectification claim barred by laches - Whether claimants had failed to disclose material facts - Affirmation and waiver.