Claim No: CL-2022-000527 - [2025] EWCA Civ 1387

Fecha: 05-Nov-2025

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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWCA Civ 1387

Appeal No: CA-2024-002122

Claim No: CL-2022-000527

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS

COMMERCIAL COURT (KBD)

Mr Justice Foxton

[2024] EWHC 1813 (Comm)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 05/11/2025

Before:

SIR GEOFFREY VOS, MASTER OF THE ROLLS
LORD JUSTICE SINGH

and

LORD JUSTICE MALES

Between:

MS AMLIN MARINE NV

on behalf of MS AMLIN SYNDICATE AML/2001

Claimant/

Respondent

- and -

(1) KING TRADER LIMITED

(2) BINTAN MINING CORPORATION

(3) THE KOREA SHIPOWNERS’ MUTUAL PROTECTION & INDEMNITY ASSOCIATION

Defendants/Appellants

Michael Ashcroft KC and Benjamin Parker (instructed by Holman, Fenwick and Willan LLP) for the first and third Defendants/Appellants (the Owner and the Club respectively)

The second Defendant did not appear and was not represented (the Charterer or the Insured)

John Passmore KC and Caleb Kirton (instructed by Campbell Johnston Clark) for the Claimant/Respondent (the Insurer)

Hearing date: 21 October 2025

JUDGMENT

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10:00am on Wednesday 5 November 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.