Atkinson v South British Insurance Company Limited - [1968] NZLR 45

Insurance — Marine insurance — Failure by underwriter to execute policy within 30 days — Premium accepted — Loss of vessel insured — Insured unable to sue underwriter to recover sum insured — Action for damages for breach of duty to issue policy — Whether underwriter's failure amounts to actionable negligence — Marine Insurance Act 1908, ss. 22, 26.