Date Time Share Public Interest Advocacy Centre The Chief Justice of the Federal Court has strongly criticised the way insurance company TAL handled the legitimate income protection claim of a woman suffering from cancer. TAL initially paid the woman’s claim, but then cancelled her policy after obtaining her medical records and finding that she had visited a psychologist. They argued that this constituted evidence of an undisclosed mental illness, even though the woman’s psychologist confirmed that she had not received any diagnosis. In a judgment handed down on Tuesday, the Federal Court found that TAL failed to comply with the duty to act with utmost good faith in the way in handled the claim.