Volume 103 - April 2015
In this issue:
- What can your insurer do for you? An insurer's Duty of Utmost Good Faith
- Moving Courts On-Line
- "No Frills" Courts
Paul Brennan
Editor and Author of The Law is an Ass...Make Sure it Doesn't Bite Yours!
info@lawanddisorder.com.au
What can your insurer do for you? Your insurer’s duty to act with utmost good faithWhat can your insurer do for you? Your insurer’s duty to act with utmost good faith. When you take out an insurance policy, you must make full disclosure to the insurer or at least not be caught hiding something that is relevant. Otherwise, the insurer may avoid the policy. This duty of utmost good faith is a two-way street...
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Moving Courts On-Line
Dear John
I understand that there is a big push worldwide to move courts online to increase efficiency and reduce cost. Will this really help? C.L. Dear C.L. Although we should keep certain traditions such as having everything in triplicate, many welcome law-on-line as an opportunity for reform... Read More..
Read More.. Brothers-In-Law and the Disclosed Agent
In the real world
it is not Godfathers who are the problem, it’s brothers-in-law (BIL). When they are not trying to borrow your
money, they are involving you in cockamamy business schemes.
For
instance, your BIL asks you to take orders in your area for some sort of
product. You collect money from various
customers and send it to your BIL. However, your BIL has
miscalculated, been cheated or in any event has done something stupid, so the
product does not arrive...
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