Federal Court of Australia
Attree Pty Ltd v Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London Subscribing to Policy Number P_ML/0/272375/20/L-7 [2024] FCA 1408 File number:
Judgment of: DERRINGTON J
Date of judgment: 9 December 2024
Catchwords: INSURANCE – liability insurance policy – indemnity sought in respect of costs incurred by insured in compromising claims brought by employees for failure to pay entitlements – construction of policy – payment of claims not a "loss" for the insured – claims not in respect of a "wrongful act" – claims otherwise excluded – proceedings dismissed
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (WA) Industrial Magistrates Court (General Jurisdiction) Regulations 2005 (WA)
APD Technology Pty Ltd v Maximo Developments Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 678 APD Technology Pty Ltd v Maximo Developments Pty Ltd [2022] FCAFC 141 Ashmore Aged Care Centres Pty Ltd v Cigna Insurance Australia Ltd [1989] 1 Qd R 241 Baralaba Coal Company Pty Ltd v AAI Ltd trading as Vero Insurance [2024] FCA 532 Bartoline Ltd v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 1043 Broadlex Services Pty Ltd v United Workers' Union (2020) 296 IR 425 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 185 CLR 410 Chapmans Ltd v Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (1996) 67 FCR 402 Cases cited: Hall Brothers SS Co Ltd v Young; The Trident [1939] 1 All ER 809 Kantfield Pty Ltd v Lockwood [2003] VSC 420 Kyriackou v ACE Insurance Ltd [2013] VSCA 150 Lahoud v Lahoud [2010] NSWSC 1297 Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd [1957] AC 555 Mainteck Services Pty Ltd v Stein Heurtey SA (2014) 89 NSWLR 633 National Australia Bank Ltd v Bond Brewing Holdings Ltd [1991] 1 VR 386 Zhang v ROC Services (NSW) Pty Ltd; National Transport Insurance by its manager NTI Ltd v Zhang (2016) 93 NSWLR 561 Desmond Derrington and Ronald Ashton, The Law of Liability Insurance (LexisNexis Butterworths, 3rd ed, 2013)
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