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Christopher Butcher QC – Reinsurance – General Corporate Excess policy by Exxon and affiliates – Oil pollution following grounding of Exxon Valdez – Assureds incurring clean-up costs and liability – Settlement of claims by insurers – Whether insurers proving liability at law – Law applicable to GCE policy – Effect of arbitration and service of suit clauses – Whether oil spill amounted to “debris” – Effect of “notwithstanding” clause.