 After stealing goods from the warehouse they proceeded to start a fire that destroyed the warehouse and the goods that remained inside.The insurers, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, made a claim under section 2 of the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 but a dispute arose surrounding the quantification of loss.The MOPC argued that compensation should only extend to the physical damage whereas the insurers argued that it should also include consequential damages.