CLOTHING MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY LTD v BEAZLEY SOLUTIONS LTD

[2012] Lloyd's Rep. IR 329

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (MERCANTILE COURT)

Before His Honour Judge Mackie QC

Insurance (marine) — Cargo — Clothing retained by unpaid workers and payment demanded — Constructive total loss — Whether notice of abandonment required — Whether assured in breach of claims condition — Effect of exclusions for loss caused by strikes and seizure — Whether assured failed to sue and labour — Material change in risk — Whether policy valued or unvalued — Marine Insurance Act 1906, sections 16, 27, 60, 62 and 78.