Caldwell v J A Neilson Investments Pty Ltd

• 1. Insurance
  2. › Insurance agents
  3. › Duty of care owed by agent to prospective insured
  4. › Distinction between broker and agent
  5. › Whether agent required to advise insured of exclusions in policy
  6. › Whether agent required to inquire about other properties
• 1. Insurance
  2. › Insurance agents
  3. › Scope of duty of care
  4. › Whether agreement to obtain policy gives rise to assumption of duty of care
  5. › Whether duty extends to warning of exclusion clauses in standard policy
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Appellate review of factual findings
  3. › Credibility findings
  4. › Whether trial judge failed to use or palpably misused advantage
  5. › Whether findings inconsistent with incontrovertible facts
• 1. Tort
  2. › Negligence
  3. › Duty of care
  4. › Insurance agent
  5. › Whether duty to warn of policy exclusions
  6. › Whether duty to inquire about insured's circumstances

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