AMP General Insurance Limited v Mayne Nickless Limited [2000] NSWCA 213

Reported Decision : (2000) 50 NSWLR 61 (2000) 32 MVR 197

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : AMP General Insurance Limited v Mayne Nickless Limited [2000] NSWCA 213 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40362/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 07/08/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 August 2000

PARTIES : AMP General Insurance Limited (Appellant) Mayne Nickless Limited t/as Ipec Road Express (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Stein JA at 1; Fitzgerald JA at 2; Foster AJA at 19

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 8251/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Mahoney DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr M.T. McCulloch (Appellant) Mr J. Hislop QC / R. Tonner (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Gillis Delaney Brown (Appellant) Moray & Agnew (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Statutory interpretation - amendment of Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1995 - scope of third-party policy - meaning of "injury" - whether injury caused by a "defect in the vehicle" - D LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988 Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1995 DECISION : Appeal allowed, with costs. Judgment in favour of the respondent set aside. Respondent's claim against the appellant dismissed, with costs.

THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40362/99 DC 8281/97 STEIN JA FITZGERALD JA FOSTER AJA