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Versloot Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG (The DC Merwestone)

[2016] UKSC 45
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2016
Statusunclear

Key Principle

The fraudulent device rule (use of a lie to promote a valid claim) does not entitle the insurer to forfeit the entire claim; only a genuinely fraudulent claim (where the loss did not occur) triggers forfeiture.

Area of Law

insurance

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