Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal (CEIT) has been launched!

The CEIT, chaired by former District Court Judge Chris Somerville, has been…


Disclaimers Won’t Exclude Liability For Breached Undertakings

In Bushline Trustees Limited v ANZ & England [2019] NZCA 245, the Court of…


Xu v IAG Assignment of Reinstatement Rights

Key Point The entitlement to replacement benefits is conditional on…


You shoal not pass!

Uncharted Shoals, Passage Planning and Unseaworthiness in Alize v Allianz (The…


Dual Retainers and Conflicts of Interest

Dual Retainers and Conflicts of Interest: Acting for Insurers And Insureds In…


When is enough, enough? Broker and insurer’s duties to inform insureds

Brinsdon v Beazley [2019] NZHC 808 In shortThe Court held that there is…


What do I have to do to cancel this policy?

Taylor v Asteron  [2019] NZHC 978 In short The obligation of good faith is an…


Written out of the will

The Supreme Court Decision in Sandman v Wilson McKay Mr Sandman sued Wilson…


When should what the parties say be used to interpret contracts?

If negotiations are the evidence of what a contract means, why write the…