Sinclair Horder O'Malley & Co v National Insurance Company of New Zealand Ltd - [1992] 2 NZLR 706

Insurance — Professional indemnity cover — "Claims made" policy — Delay in notification — Circumstances of claim arising while cover in force — Insured firm of solicitors notifying indemnifier of claim after cover had expired — Notification long after possibility of a claim but before actual claim made by client — Whether indemnifier required to indemnify — When claim "likely" - Insurance Law Reform Act 1977, s 9

Tort — Negligence — Concurrent obligations in contract and tort — Professional indemnity policy — Indemnifier not advising insured firm of solicitors that it would not be renewing cover — Whether duty of care in tort when no duty express or implied in contract — Whether failure to advise causative of loss.