State Insurance General Manager v Peake - [1991] 2 NZLR 287

Insurance — Motor vehicle insurance — Non-disclosure by insured in proposal for insurance — Effect on liability of insurer — Insurance proposal form contained question about driving convictions and eight other questions about insured's driving and vehicle — Insured did not disclose that she had previous criminal convictions — Whether general duty of disclosure had been limited by specific questions asked by insurer — Whether non-disclosure of criminal convictions by insured entitled insurer to avoid liability under the policy — Insurance Law Reform Act 1977, ss 5 and 6.