Brokers: duty of care

Marchand v Jackson [2012] NZHC 2893 is the first piece of litigation to arise from the Christchurch earthquakes in September 2010 and February 2011. The many thousands of unsettled claims raise basic questions of insurance law which have not been litigated for many years or are uncertain, and cases on these matters are now slowly coming through, as will be evident from future issues of Insurance Law Monthly.

Marchand : the facts