D A Constable Syndicate 386 v Auckland District Law Society - SC 65/2010
Summary
Civil Appeal – contractual interpretation – whether the Court of Appeal erred in its interpretation of an indemnity clause in the Auckland District Law Society’s standard professional indemnity policy, namely whether the word “negligent” should be read as qualifying only the word “act” in the phrase “negligent act, error or omission” .[2010] NZCA 237 CA 565/2008 8 June 2010
Result
Notice of Abandonment being filed, the appeal is deemed to be dismissed.
Additional Information
The application for leave to appeal is granted.
The approved ground of appeal is whether the word “negligent” qualifies the words “error or omission” in the indemnity clause.
8 September 2010.