Goodwin v La Macchia & Ors [1999] NSWSC 1184

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Goodwin v La Macchia & Ors [1999] NSWSC 1184 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : W200002/95 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 October 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 December 1999

Williams Thomas John Easdown (2nd Defendant) PARTIES : Texole Pty Limited (3rd Defendant) Stephen Walker (4th Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J

I. Mescher (2nd Defendant) COUNSEL : S.J. Longhurst (3rd Defendant) F.S. Stevens (4th Defendant) Michell Sillar (2nd Defendant) SOLICITORS : Miller Harris (3rd Defendant) South and Geldard (4th Defendant) CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT; construction; meaning to be given to agreement to insure..."including insurance of all crew for personal injury and death"; relevant principles of construction considered; RECEIVER; whether personally liable on contract entered into within scope of and in course of his agency; EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE; employee liable in negligence to third party; claim for indemnity by employee against employer; action brought in New South Wales; application of law of Queensland; employee's claim to be indemnified by employer not maintainable. Corporations Law ACTS CITED : Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross Vesting) Act Employee's Liability Act, 1991 Hillas & Co. Limited v Arcos Limited [1932] 147 LT 503 Australian Broadcasting Commission v Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (1973) 129 CLR 99 Council of the Upper Hunter County District v Australian Chilling and Freezing Co. Limited (1967) 118 CLR 429 Meehan v Jones (1982) 149 CLR 571 Gosling v Gaskell (1897) AC 575 CASES CITED : re Vimbos Ltd (1900) 1 Ch 470 Cully v Parsons (1923) 2 Ch 512 Sheahan v Carrier Air Conditioning Pty Limited (1997) 189 CLR 407 Kendle v Melsom (1998) 193 CLR 46 Goodwin v La Macchia & Ors [1999] NSWSC 963 Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co. Limited (1957) AC 555 A.R. Griffiths & Sons Pty Limited v Richards [1996] QCA 417 DECISION : See para 55