NZILA is proud to support the academic study of subjects relevant to insurance law.

For a number of years NZILA has sponsored prizes through the faculties of law in the five New Zealand universities. Students may submit any article on insurance law or related topics to the Dean of their law school. Articles from each school are then considered by a special committee of the NZILA.

Prizes are awarded annually. This year, prizes totalling $2,000 have been awarded.

For more information about the scholarships offered, or for copies of prize winning articles, contact Christine Meechan : christine.meechan@bellgully.com

A photocopy and administration charge will apply for copies of articles requested.

2002 prize winners :

Anton Usher - University of Waikato : The Component Manufacturers' Duty to Warn : Product Liability for Defective Componentry

Jason Goodall - University of Auckland : Subrogation and Settlement Agreements in the Law of Insurance

Simon Consedine - University of Canterbury : Relational Financial Loss - a Blueprint for the New Zealand Court of Appeal

2001 prize winners :

Anton Usher - University of Waikato : Genetic Testing and Insurance : A Potential for Legal Discrimination in New Zealand

Eloise Gibson - The Duty of Disclosure in Insurance Law

Mark Bradley - Discord over Satisfaction : the Effect of Settlement on Joint and Concurrent Tortfeasors

Barnaby Stewart - Conditions Precedent and the Doctrine of Wrongful Prevention of Performance - Unravelling Reinstatement Insurance