Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Tropical Reef Shipyard Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCA 1093 Citation: Tropical Reef Shipyard Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCA 1093
Parties: TROPICAL REEF SHIPYARD PTY LTD v QBE INSURANCE (AUSTRALIA) LTD
File number: VID 157 of 2009
Judge: FINKELSTEIN J
Date of judgment: 7 October 2010
Catchwords: INSURANCE – business interruption policy – indemnity for loss of weekly turnover – how calculated – meaning of "paid or payable" PROCEDURE – summary judgment – possibility of repleading – summary judgment denied PROCEDURE – interlocutory application – when an interlocutory decision can be reconsidered CONTRACT – construction – post-contract facts not to be considered
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 31A Federal Court Rules O 29
Cases cited: Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Philip Morris Inc (1981) 148 CLR 170 Butorac v WIN Corporation Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 1503 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority (NSW) (1982) 149 CLR 337 D A Christie Pty Ltd v Baker [1996] 2 VR 582 Dunstan v Simmie & Co Pty Ltd [1978] VR 669 In Re Chinery (1884) 12 QBD 342 Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society (No 1) [1998] 1 WLR 896 James Miller & Partners Ltd v Whitworth Street Estates (Manchester) Ltd [1970] AC 583 Nominal Defendant v Manning (2000) 50 NSWLR 139 P Dawson Nominees Pty Ltd v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (No 2) 255 ALR 466 QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd v Tropical Reef Shipyard Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 161 Rogers v Asset Loan Co Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 195 Tropical Reef Shipyard Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2009] FCA 1088
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