D A Constable Syndicate 386 v Auckland District Law Society Inc - [2010] 3 NZLR 23

Insurance — Professional indemnity cover — Interpretation of insurance contract — Meaning of “damages and claimants costs and expenses” — Meaning of “any negligent act, error or omission” — Effect of insured’s non-compliance with contractual condition requiring consent before incurring legal and settlement costs — Whether insurer had repudiated obligations — Whether more than mere assertion of interpretation — Application of contra proferentem rule — Law Practitioners Act 1982.