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Insurance contracts    

This reference is part of the Community Law Reform Program

Reference received: 28 July 1982 

Report

Report 34: Insurance Contracts - Non Disclosure and Misrepresentation [PDF, 175Kb], February 1983

Tabled in parliament: 30 March 1983

Legislative action: Insurance (Amendment) Act 1983

Judicial citation: Accident Insurance Mutual Ltd v Sullivan (1986) 7 NSWLR 65, 68 

Terms of reference

To review section 18 of the Insurance Act, 1902 in the light of the common law relating to disclosure, non-disclosure and misrepresentation of fact in contracts of insurance.