National Insurance Co Ltd v Van Gameren - [1986] 2 NZLR 374

Insurance — Motor vehicle insurance — Non-disclosure by insured in claim form — Effect on liability of insurer — Insured damaged his motor vehicle in a collision with a power pole — A claim filed against the insurer did not reveal that insured had been drinking, that he had had other accidents and that there was a witness — Insurer declined liability — Whether there was moral obliquity in the non-disclosure of the insured — Whether insurer was justified in refusing to indemnify the insured.