Sue and Labour Clause

“Sue and Labour” Clause in Maritime Law

Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.

The following is a definition of “Sue and Labour” Clause, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: A clause in a marine insurance policy which permits the assured to recover from the insurer any expenses incurred by the assured in order to minimize or avert a loss to the insured property, for which loss the insurer would have been liable under the policy. See E.R. Hardy Ivamy, Marine Insurance, 4 Ed., Butterworths, London, 1985 (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary) at pp. 442-452; L.J. Buglass (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary), Marine Insurance and General Average in the United States, 3 Ed., 1991 at pp. 354-362; U.K. Marine Insurance Act, 1906, U.K. 6 Edw. 7, c. 41, sect. 78. See Tetley, Int’l. M. & A. L., 2003 at pp. 614-615.