NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Workcover Authority of New South Wales v Chubb Australia Ltd & Ors [2000] NSWCA 221 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40105/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 July 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 August 2000
Workcover Authority of New South Wales (Appellant) Chubb Australia Ltd (First Respondent) Mercantile Mutual Insurance (Workers Compensation) Limited (Second Respondent) PARTIES : Government Insurance Office General of New South Wales (Third Respondent) AMP General Insurance Limited (Fourth Respondent) MMI Insurance Limited (Fifth Respondent) Mercantile Mutual Insurance (NSW Workers Compensation) Limited (Sixth Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Powell JA at 1; Stein JA at 2; Foster AJA at 51
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Dust Diseases Tribunal LOWER COURT DDT 160/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Armitage J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
G F Little (Appellant) B R Ferrari (First Respondent) COUNSEL : I G Harrison SC (Second and Sixth Respondents) J D Hislop QC (Third Respondent) L P McFee (Fourth Respondent) J A McIntyre SC/J A Kernick (Fifth Respondent) N W Aussel (Appellant) Eakin McCaffery Cox (First Respondent) SOLICITORS : McCulloch & Buggy (Second and Sixth Respondents) Moray & Agnew (Third Respondent) Dunhill Madden Butler (Fourth Respondent) A O Ellison (Fifth Respondent) CATCHWORDS : WORKERS COMPENSATION - DUST DISEASES - mesothelioma - risk of exposure - last employer on risk - D LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987, s 151 AB (1)(a) Blayney Shire Council v Lobley (1995) 12 NSWCCR 52 CIC Workers' Compensation (NSW) Ltd v Alcan Australia Ltd (1994) 35 NSWLR 169 CIC Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd v Kellogg (Australia) Pty Ltd (1996) 40 NSWLR 422 FAI Traders Insurance Co Ltd v HIH Winterthur Workers Compensation (NSW) Pty Ltd (1998) 45 NSWLR 257 CASES CITED: GIO General Ltd v ABB Installation & Service Pty Ltd & Ors [2000] NSWCA 118 Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd v Goodyear Australia Ltd (1997) 15 NSWCCR 538 MMI Insurance Compensation (NSW) Ltd v Baker (1997) 41 NSWLR 289 Tame v Commonwealth Collieries Pty Ltd (1947) 47 SR (NSW) 269 Wellcome Australia Ltd v Australian Eagle Insurance Co Ltd (1993) 34 NSWLR 269 DECISION : Appeal allowed
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