All Articles From Debra Lane
Business Interruption Cover for Losses from COVID-19?
If you run a business, hold business interruption insurance and have suffered losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, you will be very interested in whether your policy covers those COVID-19…
An Insurer’s Duty of Utmost Good Faith
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Youi Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1701 The Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia (Allsop CJ) recently added to the growing weight of jurisprudence…
A Win for Women in Pelvic Mesh Class Action - for the Moment …
GILL v ETHICON SÁRL & ORS (NO 5) [2019] FCA 1905 This was a representative proceeding under Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) concerning nine uro-gynaecological devices…
Damages for Disappointing Holiday
Can you sue if a package holiday does not go as planned? In some circumstances, you can. Read on… Scenic Tours v Moore [2018] NSWCA 238 was a class action in which various people sued the tour…
Insurers to be Barred from Using Unfair Contracts
As widely reported in the press, the Morrison Government is set to scrap exemptions to the rules against unfair contract terms for insurance companies acting on one of the 76 recommendations to come…
Engine of Luxury Yacht Burns Out
Owner incompetent - but what about the insurance?
Who is Insured When the Whole Family Lives on the Farm?
On the 28th of June 2017, Judge Beazley of the South Australian District Court delivered a decision commenting on the construction of a "Farm Pack" Personal Insurance Policy and a "Small Farm" Rural…
Australian Executor Trustee Ltd v Suncorp Life
Arson by Deceased Leads to Claim on Life Insurance Policy
DW Fox Tucker Partners With One of SA’s Oldest Law Firms
If you’ve lived in South Australia for any length of time, you may have heard of Mouldens. Founded in 1851 Mouldens are highly respected and officially one of the oldest firms in the state... so it’s…
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The DWFT Report is a comprehensive publication containing news, commentary and analysis of significant contemporary legal issues impacting the Australian business community.
