Longo v GIO General Ltd [2003] NSWDDT 6

Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales

CITATION : Longo v GIO General Ltd [2003] NSWDDT 6 Antonio Longo v PARTIES : Sydney Water Corporation GIO General Limited K W Monk Equipment Pty Limited Telstra Corporation Limited MATTER NUMBER(S) : 245 of 2000 JUDGMENT OF: Johns J at 1 Miscellaneous Matters - Proceedings :- Notice of Motion Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 s 6(4) Leave sought thereunder to join an insurer as a defendant CATCHWORDS: Named insurer not the insurer at the last date of employment Period of uninsurance up to last date of employment Workers Compensation Act 1987 s 151AB Application thereof when one insurer only Contingent or potential liability of a policy of insurance Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946, s 6 LEGISLATION CITED: Workers Compensation Act 1926, s 7, s 18 Workers Compensation Act 1987, s 151AB Workers Compensation Legislation (Dust Diseases and Other Matters) Act 1998 No 130, sch 3 Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd v Government Insurance Office Of New South Wales (1985) 2 MVR 362; Commercial Union Assurance v Baird (1999) 47 NSWLR 735; Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee (1999) 200 CLR 1; Favelle Mort Ltd v Murray (1975-76) 133 CLR 580; GIO General Ltd v Malathounis (1997) 15 NSWCCR 255; Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd v Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd & Ors [2000] NSWSC 155; MMI Insurance v Baker (1997) 41 NSWLR 289; CASES CITED: Ogden Industries Pty Ltd v Lucas (1967) 116 CLR 537; Orica Australia Pty Ltd v CGU Insurance Ltd [2002] NSWDDT 8; Oswald v Bailey (1987) 11 NSWLR 715; Spain v Metropolitan Meat Industry Board [1971] 1 NSWLR 91; State Mines Authority v Government Insurance Office of New South Wales (1964) 65 SR (NSW) 258; State of New South Wales v AXA Insurance Australia Limited (2002) 54 NSWLR 409; Wintle v Stevedoring Industry Financing Committee (unreported Supreme Court of Victoria; 5 April 1989); Wunderlich v Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Ltd [1981] 2 NSWLR 678 DATES OF HEARING: 24/03/2003, 27/03/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/17/2003