Policy definition of 'claim' under the microscope

Aug 2010 |

In Cassidy v Leslie [2010] NSWSC 742, the New South Wales Supreme Court was required to determine whether the contents of an email to a valuer asserting the possibility of a substantial shortfall in the value of a property constituted a "claim" for the purposes of the valuer's professional indemnity insurance policy.

By Mark Brookes, Partner | mbrookes@carternewell.com

and David Fisher, Solicitor

Insurance Newsletter, August 2010