Category Archives: Insurance

Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 33

ON 10 SEPTEMBER 2014, the High Court of Australia delivered Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 33 (10 September 2014).

The High Court dismissed a decision of the Western Australian Court of Appeal regarding the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth).

The High Court held that s54(1) of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) operated to require an insurer to indemnify an insured who had failed to comply with an endorsement forming part of the contract.

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Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) | 25 June 1984

ON 25 JUNE 1984, the Commonwealth Insurance Contracts Act 1984 was enacted.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ica1984220/

The Act introduced a range of measures to promote good faith and fairness in contractual dealings between insurers and their insured.

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Boyd v Bert Bell/pete Rozelle Nfl Players Retirement Plan [2005] USCA9 326

Boyd v Bert Bell/pete Rozelle Nfl Players Retirement Plan [2005] USCA9 326; 410 F.3d 1173 (13 June 2005).

http://www.worldlii.org/us/cases/federal/USCA9/2005/326.html

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Boston Mutual Insurance Co v New York Islanders Hockey Club Lp [1999] USCA1 10

Boston Mutual Insurance Co v New York Islanders Hockey Club Lp [1999] USCA1 10; 165 F.3d 93 (19 January 1999).

http://www.worldlii.org/us/cases/federal/USCA1/1999/10.html

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Legal & General Insurance Australia Ltd v Eather (1986) 6 NSWLR 390

Legal and General Insurance Australia Ltd v Eather (1986) 6 NSWLR 390 (15 August 1986).

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Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth)

ON 25 JUNE 1984, the Commonwealth Insurance Contracts Act 1984 was enacted.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ica1984220/

The Act introduced a range of measures to promote good faith and fairness in contractual dealings between insurers and their insured.

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