JCS Cost Management Ltd v QBE Insurance Limited

[2016] NZSC 32

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 141/2015
[2016] NZSC 32

BETWEEN

JCS COST MANAGEMENT LIMITED
First Applicant

STEPHEN ROY JOHNSTON
Second Applicant

AND

QBE INSURANCE (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
Respondent

Court:	William Young, Arnold and OʼRegan JJ
Counsel:	I J Thain, S A Welsh and K M Wills for Applicants P J Napier for Respondent
Judgment:	4 April 2016

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

ALeave to appeal JCS Cost Management Ltd v QBE Insurance (International) Ltd [2015] NZCA 524 is granted.

BThe approved question is whether the majority in the Court of Appeal was correct to conclude that the putative liability did not arise out of conduct that occurred in connection with the insured’s Professional Business Practice.

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Solicitors:
DLA Piper, Auckland for Applicants
Keegan Alexander, Auckland for Respondent