The case is all about some counterfeit wine. So Justice Moore takes the opportunity to throw in a ton of Shakespeare references to wine. Plus lots of sentences with phrases like "Yea verily," "We agreeth with the trial court . . .," etc. You get the theme.
Okay. Fair enough.
In the end, the Court of Appeal decides that there's no insurance coverage for the $18 million (!!) of counterfeit vintage wine that David Doyle bought from convicted felon Rudy Kurniawan. So a bad day for Mr. Doyle.
But Justice Moore ends the opinion with another Shakespeare quote for him: "Finally, we can merely offereth to Doyle this small piece of wisdom from
the Bard of Avon: “The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief.”
(Shakespeare, Othello, act I, scene 3.)"
Yeah. Call me crazy, but I don't think that's going to give Doyle much solace.
