Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd (The "Bunga Melati Dua") - Court of Appeal (Rix, Moore-Bick and Patten LJJ) - 26 January 2011

Marine insurance - Piracy - Vessel seized by Somali pirates - Cargo owners serving notice of abandonment during negotiations between shipowner and pirates for release of vessel - Whether cargo became actual constructive total loss at date of notice of abandonment - Whether insured entitled to rely on peril of "theft"

(2011) 814 LMLN 2

Loss/Damage, Piracy

Cosco Bulk Carrier Co Ltd v Team-Up Owning Co Ltd (The “Saldanha”) – QBD (Comm Ct)(Gross J) – 11 June 2010

Charterparty – Off-hire – Vessel seized by pirates – Whether off-hire event

(2010) 798 LMLN 1

Off-hire, Piracy

Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd (The “Bunga Melati Dua”) – QBD (Com Ct) (David Steel J) – 18 February 2010

Marine insurance – Piracy – Vessel seized by Somali pirates – Cargo owners serving Notice of Abandonment during negotiations between shipowner and pirates for release of vessel – Whether cargo became actual or constructive total loss at date of Notice of Abandonment

(2010) 791 LMLN 2

Cargo, Piracy