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Ltd v ACE Insurance Ltd

Limit (No 3) Ltd v ACE Insurance Ltd [2009] NSWSC 514
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtSupreme Court of New South Wales
Year2009
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Whether multiple losses or claims may be treated as a single event for the purposes of an insurance aggregation clause is determined by applying the 'unities' test — unity of time, place, cause and intent — assessed against the precise language of the aggregating words.

Area of Law

General

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