Butcher ruling fuels concerns over aviation cancellation clauses
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Butcher ruling fuels concerns over aviation cancellation clauses

After losing in the High Court, insurers pin their hopes on the Court of Appeal.

By Rebecca Perkins
September 25, 2025
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Schkeuditz, Germany. 08th Sep, 2025. Antonov An-124 cargo planes from the Russian Volga-Dnepr Group are parked at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The planes are no longer allowed to take off as EU airspace is closed to Russian aircraft. Credit: Jan Woitas/dpa/Alam
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The aviation war market faces a reckoning after the High Court last week refused insurers permission to appeal June’s landmark ruling on aircraft stranded in Russia.

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