Gorczynski v W & F T Osmo Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 693

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Gorczynski v W & F T Osmo Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 693

HEARING DATE(S) : 30 April 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 24 July 2009

JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J

DECISION : Notice of motion dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE – Supreme Court procedure – New South Wales – application to join insurance company as a party to proceedings – INTERPRETATION – interpretation and application of s 6(4) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 and s 54(1) Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) – INSURANCE – professional indemnity insurance – insured failed, during any period of cover, to notify insurance company of any fact or circumstance that might give rise to a claim against it – claim not within policy – no application of s 54(1) Insurance Contracts Act 1984 – motion dismissed

Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Bailey v NSW Medical Defence Union Ltd [1995] HCA 28; (1995) 184 CLR 399 FAI General Insurance Co Ltd v Australian Hospital Care Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 38; (2001) 204 CLR 641 FAI General Insurance Ltd v Jarvis [1999] NSWCA 23; (1999) 46 NSWLR 1 CASES CITED : Gorczynski v Perera & Dee [2003] NSWLEC 6 Gorczynski v Perera & Dee [2003] NSWLEC 8 State Bank of NSW Ltd v N A MacDonald (NSWSC, Cole J, 17 January 1992, unreported) Tzaidas by his tutor Tzaidas v Child [2004] NSWCA 252; (2004) 61 NSWLR 18 Yorkville Nominees Pty Ltd (In liquidation) v Lissenden [1986] HCA 6; (1986) 160 CLR 475