On 30 April 2025, the Singapore High Court held that the insurers of a rig lost while under tow should pay a claim under a hull and machinery policy governed by English law. In doing so, the court held that if a ship is shown to be seaworthy and subsequently sinks in unexplained circumstances, the
The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld the validity of extended warranties in respect of goods sold on credit under the National Credit Act 2005 despite the fact that the warranties were filled in incompletely or inaccurately.
The evidence was that, despite the inaccuracies, the extended warranties were correctly applied and gave extended warranty cover for
A UK court in Amlin Corporate Member Ltd v Oriental Assurance Corporation held that reinsurers were entitled to enforce an express warranty clause that provided that cargo on the carrying vessel would not be covered if the vessel sailed out of port when there was a typhoon warning.
The vessel did sail into a typhoon