Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 172 (Feb)
Neutral Citation: [2005] EWCA Civ 115
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Chadwick, Latham and Arden LJJ

Representation Iain Milligan QC, Gabriel Moss QC and David Edwards (instructed by Denton Wilde Sapte) for the administrators.
  Geoffrey Vos QC, Christopher Butcher QC and David Lord (instructed by Kendall Freeman) for Centre Re and Munich Re.
Judgment Dates: 11 February 2005

Catchwords

Insurance - Third parties - Rights against insurers - Rights of third parties against insurers on bankruptcy, etc, of the insured - Construction of asbestos liability policy - (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930, s 1(3).

The Case

The court determined, inter alia, issues as to the impact of the on the provisions of an asbestos liability policy relating to the transfer of claims handling rights.

Practice Areas

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