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Promet Engineering (Singapore) Pte Ltd (Formerly Self-Elevating Platform Management Pte Limited) v Nicholas Colwyn Sturge and others (The Nukila): CA 26 Mar 1997

Insurers were liable for other damage to ship hull if there had been more than a latent defect in it. In Inchmaree clauses in English law, ‘damage’ usually refers to a changed physical state.

Judges:

Hobhouse LJ

Citations:

Times 10-Apr-1997, [1997] EWCA Civ 1358, [1997] 2 Lloyds Rep 146, [1997] CLC 966

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

Reversing on appeal fromPromet Engineering Pte Ltd v Sturge and Others; The Nukila ComC 24-Oct-1995
An Inchmaree clause didn’t apply if a welding break caused no damage to the other vessel.
cw Insurance – Inchmaree clause – scope – latent defects – patent defects – separate parts of insured property. . .

Cited by:

Reversed on Appeal toPromet Engineering Pte Ltd v Sturge and Others; The Nukila ComC 24-Oct-1995
An Inchmaree clause didn’t apply if a welding break caused no damage to the other vessel.
cw Insurance – Inchmaree clause – scope – latent defects – patent defects – separate parts of insured property. . .
CitedPilkington United Kingdom Limited v CGU Insurance Plc QBD 28-Jan-2004
The claimants had installed glass tiles in a roof. They fractured, and facing a claim for damages, they sought payment from their insurers. The claimants argued that the risk of fracture meant that the damage occurred upon installation, the insurers . .
CitedBolton Metropolitan Borough Council v Municipal Mutual Insurance Ltd CA 6-Feb-2006
The deceased had come into contact with asbestos when working on building sites for more than one contractor. The claimant here sought contribution from the defendants for the damages it had paid to his estate. The issue was as to liability on . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

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Updated: 06 November 2022; Ref: scu.141754

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