Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | French CJ,Crennan,Kiefel,Bell,Gageler JJ. |
| Judgment Date | 10 September 2014 |
| Neutral Citation | [2014] HCA 33 |
| Date | 10 September 2014 |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | P12/2014 |
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Swiss Re International Se v LCA Marrickville Pty Limited (Second COVID-19 insurance test cases)
...Plovidba v Transco Overseas Ltd (The Orjula) [1995] 2 Lloyds Rep 395 Margetson v Glynn [1892] 1 QB 337 Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 33; (2014) 252 CLR 590 McCann v Switzerland Insurance Australia Limited [2000] HCA 65; (2000) 203 CLR 579 McCarthy v St Paul International Ins......
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Icon Co (NSW) Pty Ltd v Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Australian Branch trading as Liberty Specialty Markets
...[2014] NSWCA 184; (2014) 89 NSWLR 633 Maralinga Pty Ltd v Major Enterprises Pty Ltd (1973) 128 CLR 336 Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 33; (2014) 252 CLR 590 Mayo v W & K Holdings (NSW) Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 119 MBF Investments Pty Ltd v Nolan [2011] VSCA 114; (......
8 firm's commentaries
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The Long Haul: High Court endorses broad application of s54 of the Insurance Contracts Act
...of a claim. Insurers on the other hand may be left wondering what must be done to effectively exclude certain claims. Footnotes 1[2014] HCA 33 2[2013] WASCA 115 3[2012] 2 Qd R 337 4[2013] NSWCA 252 5Ibid at [140] 6Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd v Maxwell (2012) 17 ANZ Ins Cas 61-925 7[1997] HCA 3......
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S54 of the Insurance Contracts Act (ICA) An insured's best friend
...section 54 ICA, all of which have been in the insured's favour, starting with the High Court in Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 33, followed by Pantaenius Australia Pty Ltd v Watkins Syndicate 0457 at Lloyds [2016] The Facts On 27 November 2010, Whittington was injured in a je......
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Transport & Logistics News - March 2017: part 2
...Services Pty Ltd v Atradius Credit Insurance NV [2013] NSWCA 252 and the High Court decision of Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 33. The following extract of the judgment (at [46]) explains how the Full Court came to determine the issue that section 54 was The Nautilus policy p......
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Highway Hauliers, final roll - High Court dismisses appeal by insurers
...v Highway Hauliers [2014] HCA 33 On 10 September the High Court published its reasons for decision on the appeal by insurers against the Court of Appeal in Western Australia upholding the trial judge's decision to the effect that the insured was entitled to The claims which were the subject......
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2 books & journal articles
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Insurance
...has caused prejudice to the insurer. See also Gorczynski v W&FT Osmo Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 163; Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 33; Delta Pty Ltd v Mechanical & Construction Insurance Ltd [2019] QCA 62 at [142]–[144], per Fraser JA. 1422 INSURANCE Alternatively, if a notiicatio......
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The Insurance Act 2015: Rebalancing the Interests of Insurer and Assured
...Ltd [2003] DCR 700: issue ducked.78 Sun Alliance vTravel the Earth [1997] DCR 31: exclusion.79 Maxwell vHighway Hauliers Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 33: risk definition.80 Johnson vTriple C Furniture & Electrical Pty Ltd [2010] QCA 282: risk definition, but disapprovedin Maxwell ibid.81 Report No 353,......