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Broker’s negligence no liability without loss

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • April 26 2013

Four recent decisions of the Queensland and New South Wales Supreme Courts have examined the duties imposed upon insurance brokers and the issues

The warranties in your marine insurance policy may no longer matter

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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  • May 10 2012

Marine insurers often ask their insureds to warrant certain things are true before issuing a policy

Section 54 is in for the long haul

  • Clyde & Co LLP
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  • Australia
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  • May 16 2013

Matthew Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd 2013 WASCA 115 is an appeal from a decision by the Supreme Court of Western Australia which held that

Informal system of cleaning satisfactory a win for the defendant

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • May 22 2013

Judgment in the matter of Ryland v QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited 2013 NSWCA 120 was handed down on 3 May 2013. The Plaintiff in this matter

Lessons for insurance brokers: how a small sub-limit can turn into a big claim

  • Cooper Grace Ward
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  • Australia
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  • February 13 2013

Insurance brokers may find themselves being sued for loss suffered by an insured if there is a failure to properly consider and advise an insured on

Case report BOS International (Australia) Ltd v Babcock & Brown International Pty Ltd

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • February 13 2012

BOS International (Australia) Ltd v Babcock & Brown International Pty Ltd 2011 NSWSC 1382 is the latest in a series of recent cases concerning the obligations of an insured to make public the existence and details of it insurance

Exclusion of liability High Court clarifies efficacy clauses

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
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  • November 30 2010

On 3 November 2010 the High Court handed down the decision of Selected Seeds Pty Ltd v QBEMM Pty Limited regarding the extent to which an insurance company could rely on the terms of an exclusion clause known as an "Efficacy Clause" in a product liability insurance policy to avoid liability to pay an insured's claim

What do the words "arising out of" actually mean?

  • Barry.Nilsson. Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • June 22 2012

In Australia, the High Court’s decision in Government Insurance Office of NSW v RJ Green and Lloyd Pty Ltd(1965) 114 CLR 437 is often cited when the words “arising out of" require interpretation

‘Principal owes no duty’; Stevens v Brodribb stands the test of time

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • June 4 2012

One might say, rightly, that the law governing when a principal might owe an employee of an independent contractor a duty of care is well settled

Misleading and deceptive conduct: be wary of the silences - limited protection for commercial parties under the ACL

  • Herbert Geer
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  • Australia
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  • April 18 2013

There is a prohibition against misleading or deceptive conduct in trade or commerce under section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) (the