NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2005) 13 ANZ Insurance Cases 61-638
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Timothy Andrew Burnard Muggleston v National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd [2004] NSWSC 913 HEARING DATE(S) : 15, 16, 17, 23 September JUDGMENT DATE : 23 September 2004 JURISDICTION: Commercial List JUDGMENT OF : Bergin J DECISION : Defendant not entitled to avoid the policy of insurance
CATCHWORDS : [INSURANCE] - Whether the defendant was entitled to avoid an insurance policy issued to the plaintiff on the basis of fraudulent failure to disclose or fraudulent misrepresentation in the application / proposal for insurance. LEGISLATION CITED : Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Derry v Peek (1889) 14 App Cas 337 CASES CITED : Pendlebury v Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (1912) 13 CLR 676 Plasteel Windows Australia Pty Ltd v CE Heath Underwriting Agencies Pty Ltd (1989) 5 ANZ Ins Cas 60-926 Tyndall Life Insurance Co Ltd v Chisholm [1999] SASC 445 Von Braun v Australian Associated Motor Insurers Ltd (1998) 135 ACTR 1 PARTIES : Timothy Andrew Burnard Muggleston (Plaintiff) National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50158/03 COUNSEL : RM Lovas; M McCall (Plaintiff) R Cavanagh (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Hosie & Partners (Plaintiff) Turks Legal (Defendant)
- 16 - IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION COMMERCIAL LIST
BERGIN J
23 SEPTEMBER 2004
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