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III IV Table of Cases Case Name Page A v B, 1996, unreported ……………………………………………………………………………… 170 Alexander v Duke of Wellington (1831) 2 Russ. & My. 35 ................................................................. 210 Allgemeine Versicherungs-Gesellschaft Helvetia v Administrator of German Property [1931] 1 KB 672; (1931) 14 LT 705 ………............................................................................................................... ......... 15, 19, 20, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 60, 64, 66, 92, 94, 103, 104, 110, 117, 156, 158, 162, 175, 215, 223 Andersen v Marten [1908] 1 K.B. 601 ………………………………………………………………. 210 Ann Stewart and Others v The Greenock Marine Insurance Company, and the Directors of that Company (1848) 9 E.R. 1052 ................................................................................................... 20, 27, 141 Arrow Shipping Co Ltd v Tyne Improvement Commissioners (The Crystal) [1894] AC 508 ………..................................................... 15, 45, 49, 53, 90, 104, 109, 115, 117, 180, 175, 190, 228, 235 Assicurazioni Generale de Trieste v Empress Assurance Corp [1907] 2 K.B. 814 ………………… 131 Atlantic Maritime Co Inc v Gibbon [1954] 1 Q.B. 88 ………………………………………………. 142 Attaleia Marine Co Ltd v Iran Insurance Co (The Zeus) [1993] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 497 .................... 81, 168 Attorney General v Glen Line Ltd (1930) 37 Ll L Rep 55 ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………………... 16, 18, 42, 50, 52, 65, 71, 94, 96, 98, 105, 106, 140 Australian Steam Navigation Co v Morse (1872) L.R. 4 P.C. 222 ...................................................... 153 B C Fruit Market v The National Fruit (1921) 59 D.L.R. 87…………………………………... 137, 138 Baillie v Moudigliani (1785) 1 Park, Ins., 116 …………………………………………………. 141, 142 Bainbridge v Nelson (1808) 10 East 329 ............................. 21, 22, 23, 29, 38, 40, 80, 81, 117, 164, 168 Bank of America National Trust & Savings Assn v Chrismas (The Kyriaki) [1993] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 137, 151 ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 153, 170 Banque Financiere de la Cite v Parc (Battersea) [1998] 1 All ER 737; [1999] 1 A.C. 221 …………… …………………………………………………………………………………………. 96, 116, 119, 123 Barclay v Stirling (1816) 5 M. & S. 6 .................................................................................... 15, 126, 142 Barraclough v Brown (1895) 1 Com. Cas. 262; (1896) 2 Com. Cas. 249; [1897] A.C. 615 ………..... ....................................................................................................................... 104, 142, 173, 203, 228, 234 Bell v Cade [1861] 2 J. & H. 122 ………………………………………………………………. 204, 216 Benson v Chapman (1843) 6 Manning and Granger 792 ....................................................................... 30 Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. v Pitney [1951] A.M.C. 638, 644; 187 F.2d 665, 669 (2 Cir. 1951) ............................................................................................................................................................... 236 Bigge v Parkinson (1862) 7 H. & N. 955 ……………………………………………………………. 139 Blaauwpot v Da Costa (1758) 1 Ed. 130 ………………………………………... 16, 105, 116, 123, 141 Blane Steamships Ltd v Minister of Transport [1951] 2 K.B. 965 ……………………………………… ………………………………………………………………. 55, 104, 156, 158, 159, 170, 173, 215, 217 BOAG v Standard Marine Insurance [1936] 2 K.B. 121; [1937] 2 K.B. 133 CA …………………... 125 Boston Corporation v France Fenwick & Co Ltd (1923) Ll LR 85; (1923) 28 Com Cas 367, 375-376 ............................................................................................................................... 104, 142, 158, 173, 180 Bowerman v Association of British Travel Agents [1995] NLJ 1815 ............................................ 83, 167 BP Exploration Operating v Kvaerner Oilfield Products [2005] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 307 ......................... 105 Bradley v Newsom [1919] A.C. 16; 14 Asp. Mar. Law Cas. 340 ………….. 88, 121, 151, 152, 149, 150 Brogden v Metropolitan Railway (1877) 2 App Cas 666 .............................................................. 83, 167 Brooks v MacDonnell (1835) 1 Y & C Ex 500 ............................................................................ 108, 170 Brotherston v Barber (1816) 5 M. & S. 418 .......................................................................................... 57 Brown v Mallett (1848) 5 C. B. 599; 136 E.R. 1013 ……………………... 182, 184, 185, 192, 199, 225 Buckman v Levi (1813) 3 Camp 414 ………………………………………………………………… 137 Burnand v Rodocanachi (1882) 7 App. Cas. 333 .................................................. 16, 105, 125, 131, 141 Burstall v Grimsdale (1906) Com. Cas. 280 ………………………………………………………… 137 Caledonia North Sea Ltd v British Telecommunications Plc [2002] Lloyd’s Rep IR 261 ......... 105, 132 Cambridge v Anderton (1824) Ry. & Mood. 60; 2 B. & Cr. 691 ........................................................ 153 Cammell v Sewell (1858) 3 H & N 617 ........................................................................................... 21, 96 Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball [1893] 1 QB 256 ............................................................................ 83, 167 Carrington v Taylor, 11 East 571 ........................................................................................................ 151 Carruthers v Sheddon (1815) 6 Taunt 14 …………………………………………………………… 151 Case v Davidson (1816) 5 M. & S. 79; 2 Brod. and B. 379; 5 Moore, 117; 8 Price, 542 ....................... ………………………………………………………………………………... 16, 24, 28, 30, 51, 57, 141 V Castellain v Preston (1881) L.R. 8 Q.B.D. 613 ………………………………………………………. 43 Castellain v Preston (1882) L.R. Q.B.D. 380 ........................................................................................ 43 Castellain v Preston (1883) 11 Q.B.D. 380; (1863) 11 Q.B.D. …………………. 91, 104, 106, 125, 131 Castle Insurance Co v Hong Kong Islands Shipping Co [1983] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 376 .................... 81, 168 Central London Property Trust v High Trees House [1947] KB 130 ........................................... 79, 165 Ceval Alimentos SA v Agrimpex Trading (The Northern Progress) [1996] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 319 …………………………………………………………………………………………………... 137, 138 Chappell v Nestle [1960] AC 87 .................................................................................................... 83, 168 Cincinnati Insurance Company v Bakewell (1844) 4 B. Monroe's Reports (Kentucky), 541 ................. 6 Clarke v Hutchins (1811) 14 East 475 ………………………………………………………………. 137 Clough v London and North-Western Railway (1871-72) L.R. 7 Ex. 26 .............................................. 38 Cobbe v Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd [2008] UKHL 55 ................................................... 78, 79, 165 Cobequid Mar Ins Co v Barteaux (1875) L.R. 6 P.C. 319 ................................................................... 153 Coker v Bolton [1912] 3 K.B. 315 ......................................................................................... 16, 141, 142 Collin v Duke of Westminster [1985] QB 581 ....................................................................... 79, 117, 164 Collins v Godefroy (1831) 109 ER 1040 ....................................................................................... 84, 168 Cologan v London Assurance Co (1816) 5 M. & S. 447 ........................................................... 23, 38, 54 Colonia Versicherung AG v Amoco Oil Co (The Wind Star) [1995] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 570 .................... 104 Colonia Versicherung AG v Amoco Oil Co (The Wind Star) [1997] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 261 …………... 131 Colonial Bank v Whinney (1885) 30 Ch. D. 261, 285 ......................................................................... 216 Combe v Cambe [1951] 2 KB 215 ................................................................................................. 78, 165 Commercial Union Assurance Co v Lister (1874) LR 9 Ch App 483 ……………………. 121, 123, 174 Compania Columbiana de