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In New South Wales, rule 20.26(7) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules (UCPR) requires an offer of compromise served within two months of the trial date to be left open for such time as is reasonable in the circumstances, whereas an offer made more than two months before the trial date must remain open for no less than 28 days.

Statutory duty does not extend to persons who are not parties to the contract.

Providing customers with insurance quotes by telephone might be in breach of the law, according to ASIC.

The Australian Government has declared the siege at the Lindt Café in Martin Place, Sydney, a "terrorist incident" for the purpose of the Terrorism Insurance Act 2003 (Cth).

This is an important decision for the construction of excess policy wordings in a policy under a legislative scheme.

This case highlights that the paramount consideration in determining whether a claim falls within the terms of a policy is the nature and not the form of the claim.

This decision highlights the importance of complete and accurate disclosures when entering into a policy of insurance.

This decision overrules the decision of Johnson, which narrowed the scope of section 54 of the Insurance Contracts Act.

This case confirms that Comcare is not required to compensate for the operating costs or the insurance of an appliance.

When apportioning liability, the primary liability will be on employers if similar incidents have occurred in the past.

The Supreme Court of NSW has confirmed that questions of dual insurance are to be answered by reference to actual crystallised liabilities.

The plaintiff was employed by the second defendant, Adecco Pty Limited, a labour hire agency. At the time of the accident his services had been hired to the first defendant, CSR Limited, a building materials manufacturer.

The NSW Court of Appeal has held that medical experts owe a duty of care to take reasonable steps to avoid causing further injury in the course of examinations carried out at the request of an insurer. In this case, the respondents were held to have breached their duty of care under the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) in circumstances where a reasonable person in the examiner’s position would have taken precautions to avoid a risk of harm: section 5B.

A discussion of Public Trustee v Lumley Life Ltd and Ors [2012] QSC 61.

Mr Mills alleged that he injured his back in a motor accident which occurred on 10 April 2000. This was disputed by the Nominal Defendant and the matter was referred to MAS. In December 2003 a MAS Assessor made a finding that no back injury was caused by the accident.

The Consumer Trader & Tenancy Tribunal is empowered to determine any building claim brought before it in which the amount claimed does not exceed $500,000 (s48K of the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW)).

Australian court decision provides much-needed clarity on claims for misleading and deceptive conduct.