NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: BAULDERSTONE HORNIBROOK ENGINEERING PTY LTD v GORDIAN RUNOFF LTD & ORS [2008] NSWCA 243 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S): 2 June 2008 - 6 June 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 9 October 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Allsop P at 1; Beazley JA at 334; Campbell JA at 335
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: INSURANCE – professional indemnity insurance – construction of contracts of insurance – whether loss arose out of design fault or construction work – exclusion of liability - INDEMNITY – whether grant of indemnity an admission of liability - whether payment under co-ordinate policy extinguished rights against underlying insurer - WORDS & PHRASES – meaning of "paid" - PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - duty of parties to co-operate and be clear as to issues in litigation, especially in the Commercial List.
LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth)
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Albion Insurance Co Limited v Government Insurance Office of New South Wales (NSW) (1969) 121 CLR 342 Arthur Barnett Ltd v National Insurance Co of New Zealand [1965] NZLR 874 Bailey v New South Wales Medical Defence Union Limited (1995) 184 CLR 399 Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Limited v Gordian Runoff Limited (formerly GIO Insurance) & Ors [2006] NSWSC 223 Betts v Whittingslowe (1945) 71 CLR 637 Bonner v Tottenham and Edmonton Permanent Investment Building Society [1899] 1 QB 161 Boyes v Colins [2000] WASCA 344; 23 WAR 123 Burke v LFOT Pty Ltd (2002) 209 CLR 282 Castellain v Preston (1881-83) LR 11 QBD 380 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Charter Reinsurance Co Limited v Fagan [1997] AC 313 Chippendale v Holt (1895) 1 Com Cas 197 Cockburn v GIO Finance Ltd (No 2) (2001) 51 NSWLR 624 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority (NSW) (1982) 149 CLR 337 Commercial Union Assurance Co of Australia v Ferrcom Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 389 Darlington Futures Ltd v Delco Australia Pty Ltd (1986) 161 CLR 500 Firma C-Trade SA v Newcastle Protection and Indemnity Association (The Fanti); Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc v West of England Shipowners Mutual Insurance Association (London) Limited (No 2) (The Padre Island) [1991] 2 AC 1 Flounders v Millar [2007] NSWCA 238 Glens Falls Insurance Co v Tom Peters Limited (1957) 10 DLR (2d) 459 Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Co v Truedell [1927] 2 DLR 659 Glover v Australian Ultra Concrete Floors Pty Limited [2003] NSWCA 80 GRE Insurance Ltd v QBE Insurance Ltd [1985] VR 83 Hooker v Gilling [2007] NSWCA 99 James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd v Wyong Shire Council (2000) 48 NSWLR 679 CASES CITED: Khan v Armaguard Ltd [1994] 1 WLR 1204 Law Society v Sephton & Co [2004] EWHC 544 Lawton v Dartmouth Moving & Storage Limited (1975) 64 DLR (3d) 326 Lord Napier and Ettrick v Hunter [1993] AC 713 Lubovsky v Snelling [1944] KB 44 McCarthy v St Paul International Insurance Co Limited (2007) 157 FCR 402 Mercer v Chief Constable of the Lancashire Constabulary [1991] 1 WLR 367 Morganite Ceramic Fibres Pty Ltd v Sola Basic Australia Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 189 Nissho Iwai Australia Ltd v Malaysian International Shipping Corp Berhad (1989) 167 CLR 219 Nowlan v Marson Transport Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 346; 53 NSWLR 116 Page v Scottish Insurance Group (1929) 140 LT 571 Pine Top Insurance Co Ltd v Unione Italiana Anglo Saxon Reinsurance Co Ltd [1987] 1 Lloyd's Rep 476 Roads and Traffic Authority v Royal [2008] HCA 19; 245 ALR 653 Santos Ltd v American Home Assurance Co (1987) 4 ANZIC 60-795 Schellenberg v Tunnel Holdings Pty Ltd (2000) 200 CLR 121 SGIO (Qld) v Brisbane Stevedoring Pty Ltd (1969) 123 CLR 228 Sheridan v Tynes (1971) 19 DLR (3d) 277 Sutton v Erect Safe Scaffolding (Aust) Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 265 Sydney Turf Club v Crowley [1971] 1 NSWLR 724 The National Fire Insurance Co v McLaren (1887) 12 OR 682 Thiess Pty Ltd v ERC Frankonia Reinsurance Limited [2007] QSC 4 Unity Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd v Rocco Pezzano Pty Ltd (1998) 193 CLR 603 Versicherungs und Transport A/G Daugava v Henderson (1934) 49 Ll L Rep 252 Wayne Tank and Pump Co Ltd v The Employers' Liability Assurance Corp Ltd [1974] QB 57 White v Overland [2001] FCA 1333
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