Australian Casualty Company Ltd v Federico
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | [1986] HCA 32,1986-0619 HCA A |
| Date | 1986 |
| Court | High Court |
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Repaying an insurer? Shaw thing! Bupa Australia Pty Ltd v Shaw
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Insurance Law
...Co (NZ) Ltd [1990] 1 NZLR 122. 7 MacLeod v New Hampshire Insurance Co Ltd 1998 SLT 1191. 8 Australian Casualty Co Ltd v Federico [1986] HCA 32. 9 Martin v American International Assurance Life Co [2003] SCC 16; see also the US case, Wickman v Northwestern National Insurance Co 908 F 2d 1077......