AMP WORKERS COMPENSATION v QBE [2001] NSWCA 267

Reported Decision : (2001) 11 ANZ Ins Cas 61-502 53 NSWLR 35

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : AMP WORKERS COMPENSATION v QBE [2001] NSWCA 267 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40994/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 August 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 September 2001

AMP Workers Compensation Services (NSW) Ltd PARTIES : v QBE Insurance Ltd JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Handley JA at 2; Beazley JA at 31

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT 2184/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Santow J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Appellant C Gee QC/P Morris Respondent N Rein SC SOLICITORS : Appellant Moray & Agnew Respondent Henry Davis York CATCHWORDS : Insurance - Double Insurance - Contribution - Plaintiff's choice of defendants Motor Accidents Act 1988 LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Employees' Liability Act 1991 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Albion Insurance Co Limited v Government Insurance Office (NSW) (1969) 121 CLR 342 Commercial and General Insurance Co Ltd v Government Insurance Office (NSW) (1973) 129 CLR 374 Post Office v Norwich Union Limited [1967] 2 QB 363 CA Cacciola v Fire and All Risks Insurance [1971] 1 NSWLR 691 CA CASES CITED: Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd [1957] AC 555 Australian Iron and Steel Pty Limited v Government Insurance Office of New South Wales [1978] 2 NSWLR 59 Craythorne v Swinburne (1807) 160 [33 ER 482] at 165, [484], 171, [486] Scholefield Goodman & Sons Ltd v Zyngier [1986] AC 562 Government Insurance Office of New South Wales v QBE Insurance Limited (1985) 2 NSWLR 543 State Government Insurance Commission v Switzerland Insurance Australia Ltd (1995) 64 SASR 537 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs