Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal - Further Decisions [pdf, 536 KB]
...jurisdictional boundaries. The Tribunal’s insurance specialisation creates a hard boundary, restricting claims to those involving insurance contract disputes. This means that building and construction disputes, including those involving earthquake damage-related claims where the work was not managed by insurers, will not come within the Tribunal’s jurisdiction.2 8. This hard boundary means that the Tribunal will terminate a claim at any stage of proceedings, if it decides it do...