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Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v GSF Australia Pty Ltd

(2005) 221 CLR 568
JurisdictionAustralia
Year2005
Statusunclear

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
Certain Lloyd's Underwriters v Cross (2012) 248 CLR 378
Westport Insurance Corporation v Gordian Runoff Ltd (2011) 244 CLR 239

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