GPS Power Pty Ltd & Ors v Gardiner Willis & Associates Pty Ltd [2000] QCA 495

GPS Power Pty Ltd & Ors v Gardiner Willis & Associates Pty Ltd [2000] QCA 495 (2 June 2000)

SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND

CITATION:

GPS Power P/L & Ors v Gardiner Willis & Assoc P/L

[2000] QCA 495

PARTIES:

GPS POWER PTY LTD ACN 009 103 422

(plaintiff/appellant)

GPS ENERGY PTY LTD ACN 063 207 456

(plaintiff/appellant)

SUNSHINE STATE POWER BV ARBN 062 295 425

(plaintiff/appellant)

SUNSHINE STATE POWER (NO 2) BV

ARBN 063 382 829

(plaintiff/appellant)

SLMA GPS PTY LTD ACN 063 779 028

(plaintiff/appellant)

RYOWA II GPS PTY LTD ACN 063 780 058

(plaintiff/appellant)

YKK GPS (QUEENSLAND) PTY LIMITED

ACN 062 905 275

(plaintiff/appellant)

v

GARDINER WILLIS & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD

ACN 067 249 914

(defendant/respondent)

FILE NO/S:

Appeal No 3699 of 2000

SC No 5189 of 1996

DIVISION:

Court of Appeal

PROCEEDING:

General Civil Appeal

ORIGINATING COURT:

Supreme Court at Brisbane

DELIVERED ON:

8 December 2000

DELIVERED AT:

Brisbane

HEARING DATE:

17 November 2000

JUDGES:

de Jersey CJ, Pincus JA and Williams J

Separate reasons for judgment of each member of the Court, de Jersey CJ and Williams J concurring as to the orders made, Pincus JA dissenting

ORDER:

Appeal dismissed with costs

CATCHWORDS:

INSURANCE - GENERAL - CO-INSURED PARTIES

INSURANCE - GENERAL - POLICIES OF INSURANCE - CONSTRUCTION - appellants' contract of insurance defined "the Insured" to include contractors and consultants, subject to limitations on the extent of their activities insured - loss suffered by appellants through respondent's negligence - appellants received payment from insurer covering most of the loss - appellants sought to recover full amount of loss from respondent - whether claim brought by way of subrogation - whether respondent an "insured" under policy of insurance - whether waiver of subrogation against other insureds in policy extended to all claims against those insureds, or only to extent that those insureds covered by policy of insurance

Agip Petroleum Co, Inc v Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc, 920 F Supp 1318 (1996), discussed

Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd v Jennings Industries Ltd (1996) 17 WAR 257, cited

Marathon Oil Company v Mid-Continent Underwriters, [1986] USCA5 457; 786 F 2d 1301 (1986), discussed

National Oilwell (UK) Ltd v Davy Offshore Ltd [1993] 2 Lloyds Rep 582, not followed

Petrofina (UK) Ltd v Magnaload Ltd [1984] QB 127, cited

Trident General Insurance Co Ltd v McNiece Bros Pty Ltd [1988] HCA 44; (1988) 165 CLR 107, mentioned

Wiley v Offshore Painting Contractors, Inc 711 F 2d 602 (1983), discussed

Wiley v Offshore Painting Contractors, Inc [1983] USCA5 1168; 716 F 2d 256 (1983), discussed

Woodside Petroleum Development Pty Ltd v H & R-E & W Pty Ltd (1999) 20 WAR 380, discussed

COUNSEL:

S C Williams QC, with M J Liddy, for the appellants

P H Morrison QC, with D G Clothier, for the respondent

SOLICITORS:

Gadens Lawyers for the appellants

Corrs Chambers Westgarth for the respondent