O’CONNELL v. PEARL ASSURANCE PLC. AND OTHERS SAME v. EAGLE STAR INSURANCE CO. AND NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY LTD.

[1995] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 479

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mr. Justice Otton

Insurance (Bloodstock) - Indemnity - Value - Death of insured foal and mare - Insured claimed under policy - Allegations by insurers that mare strangled and abortion induced - Whether insurers had discharged burden of proof - Insurers to indemnify insured in respect of actual value - Whether mare and foal overinsured - Whether plaintiff’s claim fraudulent - Ownership of mare.