Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Canberra Pools Pty Ltd v MMI General Insurance Ltd [2000] FCA 751 INSURANCE – Accident and Sickness Insurance – statutory obligation to maintain – whether agreement for indemnity – whether policy lapsed – whether offer of insurance withdrawn – no vested right in insured to renewal of policy – renewal requires new contract – offer and acceptance made – interim cover to continue for a reasonable time – implied term for payment of a reasonable premium – contract not void for illegality
Workers' Compensation Act 1951 (ACT), ss 17, 20, Sch 3 C E Heath Underwriting and Insurance (Australia) Pty. Ltd. v Edwards Dunlop & Co. Ltd. (1992-1993) 176 CLR 535 Taylor v Allon [1966] 1 QB 304 Burns v MMI-CMI Insurance Ltd (1995) 8 ANZ Insurance Cases 61-287 Kirby v Consindit Societa Per Azioni [1969] 1 Lloyd's Rep 75 Banque Sabbag S.A.L. v Hope [1972] 1 Lloyd's Rep 253 Liberian Insurance Agency Inc. v Mosse [1977] 2 Lloyd's Rep 560 Hyderabad (Deccan) Company v Willoughby [1899] 2 QB 530 Greenock Steamship Company v Maritime Insurance Company [1903] 1 KB 367 Codelfa Constructions Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1981-1982) 149 CLR 337 Georgoulis v Mandalinic [1984] 1 NSWLR 612 Yango Pastoral Company Pty Ltd v First Chicago Australia Limited (1978) 139 CLR 410 Fitzgerald v F J Leonhardt Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 215 CANBERRA POOLS PTY LIMITED v MMI GENERAL INSURANCE LIMITED A 29 of 1999 O'CONNOR, HIGGINS & DOWSETT JJ 9 JUNE 2000 CANBERRA
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY DISTRICT REGISTRY A 29 OF 1999
ON APPEAL FROM A JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
BETWEEN: CANBERRA POOLS PTY LIMITED
APPELLANT
AND: MMI GENERAL INSURANCE LIMITED
RESPONDENT
JUDGES: O'CONNOR, HIGGINS & DOWSETT JJ
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate