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)
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".
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