Australian insurance law : a first reference

870 Pages·2018·4.905 MB·English

by  Gregory Pynt

AUSTRALIAN
INSURANCE LAW
A FIRST REFERENCE
Fourth edition
To the people of Bengkulu, Sumatra
AUSTRALIAN
INSURANCE LAW
A FIRST REFERENCE
Fourth edition
Greg Pynt
B Juris, LLB (UWA)
Visiting Fellow, School of Law,
University of Western Australia
Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers,
Perth, Western Australia
LexisNexis Butterworths
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2018
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Author: Pynt, Gregory, John.
Title: Australian Insurance Law: A First Reference.
Edition: 4th edition.
ISBN: 9780409345490 (pbk).
9780409345506 (ebk).
Notes: Includes index.
Subjects: Insurance law — Australia. Insurance —
Australia.
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PREFACE
In 1766, Lord Mansfield delivered his seminal judgment on ‘utmost
good faith’ in Carter v Boehm, an insurance dispute that arose out of a
French attack on Fort Marlborough, a British trading post in Bengkulu,
Sumatra.
The fort is located in the centre of Bengkulu, a city of close to
350,000 people. It is presently in very good condition, thanks to
restoration work completed by the Indonesian government in 1984.
In October last year, 19 of us from Australia, Singapore, England and
Indonesia attended a Conference in Bengkulu to acknowledge the
origins and implications of this most important case in its 250th
anniversary year.
The Bengkulu Province Governor’s First Assistant formally opened
the conference. A local member of the Bengkulu Heritage Society
outlined the history of Fort Marlborough. There then followed
thoughtful presentations by some of those among us on a range of
‘utmost good faith’ topics.
During the conference we visited Fort Marlborough, where we were
greeted with a ‘welcome to country’ — Bengkulu style.
One of the promoters of the conference, Dr Allan Manning of the
LMI Group, has produced a coffee table book that records the
conference and its historical context with some text and a series of
wonderful photographs.
A visit to Bengkulu and a walk around Fort Marlborough helps with
an appreciation of the importance of reading Lord Mansfield’s
judgment by reference to the circumstances that gave rise to it, the
context in which it was decided and its relevance today. Fort
Marlborough is very close to Australia’s doorstep. You should consider
a visit.
Greg Pynt
Francis Burt Chambers, Perth
23 July 2017
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author and the publisher are grateful to the holders of copyright
from which extracts appear in this work, particularly the following:
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■ Allens Arthur Robinson;
■ American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc;
■ Australian Government Publishing Service;
■ Cambridge University Press;
■ Commonwealth of Australia;
■ Haus Publishing;
■ Jefferson Law Book Company;
■ John Wiley, New York;
■ London Random House, Inc;
■ New York West, a Thomson Reuters business;
■ Oxford University Press;
■ Picador (Pan MacMillan UK), London;
■ Quartet Books;
■ Random House;
■ Stevens & Sons;
■ The Avalon Project;
■ The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG;
■ The Law Book Exchange Ltd;
■ David Walsh of Mona (Museum of old and new art);
■ USA Penguin Books in association with J Cape, London;
■ Yale University.