Certain Lloyd's Underwriters Subscribing to Contract No IH00AAQS v. Thelander

Case No.

S418/2011; S419/2011

Related matters:

S416/2011 – State of New South Wales v. Williamson

S417/2011 – Certain Lloyd’s Underwriters Subscribing to Contract No IH00AAQS v. Cross

Case Information

Lower Court Judgment

1/06/2011 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal)(Hodgson JA, Basten JA, Sackville AJA)

[2011] NSWCA 136

Catchwords

Costs — Recoverable costs — Limitations — Personal injury damages — Trial judge held respondents suffered injuries from assaults committed by employees of Australian Venue Security Services Pty Ltd ("Insured") — Trial judge held verdict for damages against Insured covered by Insured's insurance policy held with applicant — Whether respondents' claims were claims for personal injury damages within meaning of s 198D of Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) or s 338 of Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) — Whether expression "personal injury damages" in Legal Profession Acts has same meaning as in Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW).

Words and phrases — "personal injury damages", "the same meaning".

Short Particulars

Documents

09/12/2011 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)

22/12/2011 Notice of appeal

18/01/2012 Written submissions (Appellant)

18/01/2012 Chronology (Appellant)

09/02/2012 Written submissions (Respondent)

16/02/2012 Reply

15/08/2012 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)

12/12/2012 Judgment (Judgment summary)

17/12/2015 Judgment

Certain Lloyds Underwriters Subscribing to Contract No IH00AAQS v. Cross

Case No.

S417/2011

Related matters:

S416/2011 – State of New South Wales v. Williamson

S418/2011; S419/2011 – Certain Lloyd’s Underwriters Subscribing to Contract No IH00AAQS v. Thelander

Case Information

Lower Court Judgment

1/06/2011 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal)(Hodgson J, Basten JA, Sackville AJA)

[2011] NSWCA 136

Catchwords

Costs — Recoverable costs — Limitations — Personal injury damages — Trial judge held respondents suffered injuries from assaults committed by employees of Australian Venue Security Services Pty Ltd ("Insured") — Trial judge held verdict for damages against Insured covered by Insured's insurance policy held with applicant — Whether respondents' claims were claims for personal injury damages within meaning of s 198D of Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) or s 338 of Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) — Whether expression "personal injury damages" in Legal Profession Acts has same meaning as in Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW).

Words and phrases — "personal injury damages", "the same meaning".

Short Particulars

Document

09/12/2011 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)

22/12/2011 Notice of appeal

18/01/2012 Written submissions (Appellant)

18/01/2012 Chronology (Appellant)

09/02/2012 Written submissions (Respondents)

16/02/2012 Reply

15/08/2012 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)

12/12/2012 Judgment  (Judgment summary)

17/12/2015 Judgment

State of New South Wales v. Williamson

Case No.

S416/2011

Related matters:

S417/2011 – Certain Lloyd’s Underwriters Subscribing to Contract No IH00AAQS v. Cross

S418/2011; S419/2011 – Certain Lloyd’s Underwriters Subscribing to Contract No IH00AAQS v. Thelander

Case Information

Lower Court Judgment

5/07/2011 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal)(Hodgson JA, Campbell JA, Macfarlan JA)

[2011] NSWCA 183

Catchwords

Costs — Recoverable costs — Limitations — Personal injury damages — Respondent sought damages from applicant for trespass to person constituting battery and false imprisonment — Judgment for respondent entered by consent without admission as to liability — Respondent sought declaration that costs of proceeding not regulated by s 338 of Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) — Whether respondent's claim a claim for personal injury damages — Whether deprivation of liberty and loss of dignity capable of being personal injury or "impairment of a person's physical or mental condition" for purpose of Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 11 — Whether claim for damages that includes claims based on false imprisonment and assault, which are not severable, a claim for personal injury damages — Whether claim for damages for false imprisonment severable from claim for damages for assault — Whether New South Wales Court of Appeal bound by decision in Cross v Certain Lloyds Underwriters [2011] NSWCA 136.

Short Particulars

Documents

09/12/2011 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)

22/12/2011 Notice of appeal

20/01/2012 Written submissions (Appellant)

20/01/2012 Chronology (Appellant)

10/02/2012 Written submissions (Respondent)

15/08/2012 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)

12/12/2012 Judgment  (Judgment summary)

Penberthy and Anor v. Barclay and Ors

Case No.

P57/2011

Related matter:

P55/2011 – Barclay v. Penberthy and Ors

Case Information

Lower Court Judgment

10/06/2011 Supreme Court of Western Australia (Court of Appeal)(Martin CJ, McLure J, Mazza J)

[2011] WASCA 102

Catchwords

Torts — Negligence — Duty of care — Economic loss — Loss of services — First respondent piloted aircraft that crashed, killing two and injuring three employees of third respondents — Cause of crash determined to be failure of part designed by applicant — Court of Appeal held applicant and first respondent owed third respondents duty of care, which they breached, causing economic loss to third respondents — Whether applicant owed third respondents duty of care in respect of economic loss claim — Whether existence of action for loss of services a relevant factor in determining whether applicant owed third respondents duty of care — Whether existence of action for loss of services requires imposition of common law duty of care.

Short Particulars

Documents

09/12/2011 Hearing (SLA, Canberra by v/link to Perth)

21/12/2011 Notice of appeal

23/12/2011 Notice of contention

23/12/2011 Notice of cross-appeal

05/01/2012 Written submissions (Appellants)

05/01/2012 Chronology (Appellants)

27/01/2012 Written submissions (Second Respondent)

03/02/2012 Reply

01/05/2012 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)

17/05/2012 Further submissions (Second Respondent)

02/10/2012 Judgment   (Judgment summary)

07/11/2012 Orders pronounced

Barclay v. Penberthy and Ors

Case No.

P55/2011

Related matter:

P57/2011 – Penberthy and Anor v. Barclay & Ors

Case Information

Lower Court Judgment

10/06/2011 Supreme Court of Western Australia (Court of Appeal)(Martin CJ, McLure J, Mazza J)

[2011] WASCA 102

Catchwords

Torts — Negligence — Duty of care — Economic loss — Loss of services — First respondent piloted aircraft that crashed, killing two and injuring three employees of third respondents — Cause of crash determined to be failure of part designed by applicant — Court of Appeal held applicant and first respondent owed third respondents duty of care, which they breached, causing economic loss to third respondents — Whether applicant owed third respondents duty of care in respect of economic loss claim — Whether existence of action for loss of services a relevant factor in determining whether applicant owed third respondents duty of care — Whether existence of action for loss of services requires imposition of common law duty of care.

Short Particulars

Documents

09/12/2011 Hearing (SLA, Canberra by V/link to Perth)

20/12/2011 Notice of appeal

23/12/2011 Notice of contention

23/12/2011 Notice of cross-appeal

04/01/2012 Written submissions (Appellant)

04/01/2012 Chronology (Appellant)

27/01/2012 Written submissions (Third Respondent)

03/02/2012 Reply

01/05/2012 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)

17/05/2012 Further submissions (Third Respondent)

31/05/2012 Further submissions (Appellant)

02/10/2012 Judgment (Judgment summary)

07/11/2012 Orders pronounced

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