Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Ashmere Cove Pty Ltd v Beekink [2009] FCA 564
TRADE PRACTICES - preliminary issues – construction of insurance policy – fair trading Acts – misleading and deceptive conduct – s 995(2) of Corporations Law – similar legislation – interpretation of exclusion clause – not the function of the court to re-write clear and plain words used in exclusion clause
Corporations Law, Ch 5C, s, 601FC, s 995, s 995(A), s 995(2) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 51AF(2)(a), s 52 Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Fair Trading Act 1985 (Vic) Fair Trading Act 1987 (WA)
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ASHMERE COVE PTY LTD, CG SUPER PTY LTD, CHORAL PTY LTD, PULLINGTON INVESTMENTS PTY LTD, GERALDINE GRAY, MANTEL BREWING SERVICES, CATHERINE EMMA HUSK, JENNIFER ANNE ALLEN & MIKAYLA KIM DUNNE, BLYTH NOMINEES PTY LTD, JOHN ANDREW MASLEN & JOAN CARMEL MASLEN and CREATON PTY LTD v PETER CORNELIUS BEEKINK, HERSH SOLOMON MATJELES, GREGORY PHILLIP GAUNT, GIOVANNI MAURIZIO CARELLO (LIQUIDATOR OF KNIGHTSBRIDGE MANAGED FUNDS LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION)), KNIGHTSBRIDGE MANAGED FUNDS LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION), SUNCORP METWAY INSURANCE LIMITED and EMPLOYERS REINSURANCE CORPORATION; PETER CORNELIUS BEEKINK, HERSCH SOLOMON MAJTELES and GREGORY PHILLIP GAUNT; LATROBE HOLDINGS PTY LTD
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