Case Collective Episode 3: More on the Brisbane floods and an outback music festival organiser who was denied cover for over $3 million in lost revenue

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Simi Singh

In this episode, BN’s Kingsley Grimshaw and Simi Singh discuss why the authority responsible for providing ‘flood management services’ during the 2011 Brisbane floods was not entitled to cover under its general liability policy, an outback music festival organiser who was denied cover for over $3 million in lost revenue following a COVID related cancellation and a rejected voluntary assumption of risk defence.

  • You can’t claim insurance if you lit the fire – 1:15
  • Liberty wins on “professional services” exclusion clause – 4:30
  • Volenti defence against a wife’s psychiatric injury claim – 8:26
  • Festival cancellation result in multi-million dollar loss – 12:17

This episode was edited by Audio Advantage.

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