NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Brown v Elders Insurance Ltd ABN 62 081 106 505 [2015] NSWDC 95 Hearing dates: 25 November 2014 Decision date: 18 May 2015 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Lakatos SC DCJ Decision: Verdict and judgment for Defendant Catchwords: INSURANCE – fire insurance – onus of proof – insurance policy does not cover loss caused by fire deliberately lit – circumstantial evidence – fraud on the claim Legislation Cited: Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) Cases Cited: Asim v Penrose [2010] NSWCA 366 Bradshaw v McEwan's Proprietary Ltd (1951) 217 ALR 1 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Curtis v Harden Shire Council [2014] NSWCA 314 Nguyen v Cosmopolitan Homes [2008] NSWCA 246 Malec v JC Hutton Proprietary Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 Hammoud Brothers Proprietary Ltd [2004] NSWCA 1 Vidal v NRMA Insurance Ltd [2005] NSWCA 390 McLennan v Insurance Australia Ltd [2014] NSWCA 300 Brescia v QBE [2007] NSWSC 598 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Eric William Brown (Plaintiff) Elders Insurance Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Toomey for Plaintiff Mr R Cavanagh SC for Defendant
Solicitors: M Manwaring, Campbell, Paton and Taylor Lawyers D King Gillis Delaney Lawyers File Number(s): 2012/00394805
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