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14 March 2008
Issue: 7312 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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INSURANCE

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Wasa International Insurance Co Ltd v Lexington Insurance Co [2008] EWCA Civ 150, [2008] All ER (D) 433 (Feb)

Where the wording in a contract of reinsurance is the same as or equivalent to that in the underlying contract of insurance, the two contracts should be given the same construction unless there are clear indications to the contrary.
 

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