PIRAEUS BANK AE v ANTARES UNDERWRITING LTD AND OTHERS

[2022] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 1

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Calver

Insurance (marine) – Mortgagees’ interest insurance (MII) – Vessel detained in Venezuela on suspicion of smuggling oil – Claim under war risks policy rejected – Whether MII insurers were liable – Whether detention excluded from war risks policy – Whether vessel was a constructive total loss – Marine Insurance Act 1906, section 60 – Effect on MII policy of excluded loss under war risks policy.