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Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v GSF Australia Pty Ltd

(2005) 221 CLR 568
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year2005
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The HCA considered the duty of disclosure under the Insurance Contracts Act 1984; a failure to disclose a material circumstance entitles the insurer to reduce its liability to the amount that would place it in the position it would have been in had there been no non-disclosure.

Area of Law

insurance

Related Cases

Allianz Australia Ltd v Sim [2012] NSWCA 68
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Westport Insurance Corporation v Gordian Runoff Ltd (2011) 244 CLR 239

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