Swashplate Pty Ltd v Liberty Mutual Insurance Company trading as Liberty International Underwriters [2020] FCA 15

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Swashplate Pty Ltd v Liberty Mutual Insurance Company trading as Liberty International Underwriters [2020] FCA 15 File number: NSD 2416 of 2018

Judge: ALLSOP cJ

Date of judgment: 16 January 2020

Catchwords: INSURANCE – where helicopter damaged during transit from Mississippi to Sunshine Coast – whether applicant entitled to indemnity for repair costs under Aviation Helicopter Single Transit policy – construction of master slip, placement slip, policy wording and Institute Cargo Clauses A (2009) – effect of Static Cover extension – timing of commencement or attachment of insurance – applicant not entitled to indemnity

Legislation: Marine Insurance Act 1909 (Cth), s 31 Institute Cargo Clauses (A) 2009, cll 4.3, 8.1, 11.2

Cases cited: Curtis v March (1858) 28 Exch 36; 157 ER 719 Drinkwater v Caddyrack Pty Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Young J, 25 September 1997) Kyrwood v Drinkwater [2000] NSWCA 126 Loucas G Matsas Salvage & Towage Maritime Co v Fund on Sale of the 'Ionian Mariner' (1997) 79 FCR 351 R v Logan [1957] 2 QB 589 Re Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance; ex parte The Hoyts Corporation Pty Ltd [1993] HCA 40; 178 CLR 379 The 'Al-Jubail IV' [1982] 2 Lloyd's Rep 637 The 'Marina Iris' [2007] 1 Lloyd's Rep 66 Walker v Protection Insurance Co 29 Me 317 (1849) (WL 1742, 16 Shep 317) Enright I and Merkin R, Sutton on Insurance Law (4th ed, Thomson Reuters, 2015) Gilman J and Merkin RM, Arnould's Law of Marine Insurance and Average (17th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, 2010)