NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 47 NSWLR 716 (2000) 11 ANZ Insurance Cases 61-457
New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : VACC Insurance v BP Australia [1999] NSWCA 427 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40482/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 1 July 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 November 1999
VACC Insurance Co. Ltd (Appellant) PARTIES : v BP Australia Ltd (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Fitzgerald JA at 2; Brownie AJA at 43
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 7615/96 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Bowden ADCJ
COUNSEL : A: J D Hislop QC, S G Campbell R: R A Conti QC, M L Williams SOLICITORS : A: Curwood & Partners R: Connery & Partners CATCHWORDS : Estoppel; issue estoppel; Anshun estoppel; reasonableness of conduct of party against whom estoppel raised; privies; 'approbate and reprobate'; public liability insurance policy; breach of condition of policy; contribution or indemnity under s5 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946. Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946, ss5,6 ACTS CITED : Suitors Fund Act Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun P/L (1981) 147 CLR 589 Rogers v R (1994) 181 CLR 251 CSR v Cigna Ins. Aust Ltd (1997) 146 CLR 402 Brice v J H Wackerbath (Australasia) P/L; Flack & Ors (Third Parties) (1974) 2 Lloyds LR 274 Edwards v Insurance Office of Aust Ltd (1933) 34 SR (NSW) 88 Parker v Lewis [1873] 8 Ch App 1056 J N Taylor Holdings Ltd v Bond 59 SASR 432 C E Heath v Pyramid Building Society (1997) 2 VR 256 SA Housing Trust v State Government Insurance Commission (1989) 51 SASR 1 Thompson v Palmer (1933) 49 CLR 507 CASES CITED: Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [1972] AC 153 Hamilton v Whitehead (1989) 166 CLR 131 Krakowski v Eurolynx Properties Ltd (1995) 130 ACRT Fraser v B N Furman (Productions) Ltd [1967] 1 WLR 898 Albion Insurance Co Ltd v Body Corporata Strata Plan No. 4303 [1983] 2 VR 339 Legal & General Ins Aust Ltd v Eather (1986) 6 NSWLR 390 Canterbury Bankstown Rugby League Football Club Ltd v Rogers (1993) ATR 81-246 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Munni Bibi v Tirloki Nat (1931) 58 LR Ind App 158 McIntosh & Sons Ltd (1939) 49 CLR 453 Aetna Insurance Co v Canadian Insurance Co (1994) 19 Alta LR (3d) 317 Ramsay v Pigram (1967) 118 CLR 271 DECISION : Allowed
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