Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd v Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd & Ors [2000] NSWSC 155

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd v Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd & Ors [2000] NSWSC 155 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4238/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 29/02/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 February 2000

Johnson & Johnson Pty Limited (P) Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Limited (D1) PARTIES : AMP General Insurance Limited (D2) FAI Traders Insurance Company Limited (D3) AMP Workers Compensation Services (NSW) Limited (D4) JUDGMENT OF : Young J

M Holmes QC and A J McInerney (P) G Little (D1) COUNSEL : J E Marshall (D2) P Hall QC and Mrs D Stewart (D3) M Cranitch SC (D4) Michell Sillar (P) A O Ellison & Co (D1) SOLICITORS : Moray & Agnew (D2) Hunt & Hunt (D3) Nevill & Edwards (D4) CATCHWORDS : Workers Compensation [244]- Common law liability - Occupational disease - Last person liable self insurer - Whether contribution rights exist - Workers Compensation Act, 1987, s 151AB. - Words & Phrases- "Insurer". LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act, 1987, s 151AB Australian Iron & Steel Pty Limited v Government Insurance Office of New South Wales (1985) 2 MVR 362 FAI Traders Insurance Co Limited v Mercantile Mutual Insurance (Workers Compensation) Limited 31 August 1998 Hanave Pty Limited v LFOT Pty Limited (1999) 168 ALR 318 Kingston v Keprose Pty Limited (No 3) (1987) 11 NSWLR 404 CASES CITED : MMI Insurance Compensation (NSW) Limited v Baker (1997) 41 NSWLR 289 Newcastle City Council v GIO General Limited (1997) 191 CLR 85 Street & Malls v Retravision (NSW) Pty Limited (1995) 56 FCR 588 Wellcome Australia Limited v Australian Eagle Insurance Co Limited (1993) 34 NSWLR 269 Wunderlich Limited v Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Limited [1981] 2 NSWLR 678 DECISION : See paras 28, 31 and 34