Switzerland Insurance (Australia) Ltd v Gooch - [1996] 3 NZLR 525

Insurance — Professional indemnity cover — Duty of disclosure — Failure by firm of solicitors to disclose judgment relating to a previous claim to new insurers — Whether non-disclosure material — Whether non-disclosure "innocent" — Whether firm of solicitors had an intention to deceive insurer.

Law practitioners — Solicitors — Solicitors' duties — Duty to professional indemnity insurers — Duty to disclose "material" facts — Whether non-disclosure "innocent" — Whether firm of solicitors had an intention to deceive insurer.