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Francis v Powercor Australia Ltd and Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd

Francis v Powercor Australia Ltd and Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd

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AGLC: Francis v Powercor Australia Ltd and Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd [2020] VSC 836
Case: [2020] VSC 836
Decision Date: 11 December 2020

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Francis v Powercor Australia Ltd and Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd [2020] VSC 836

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Francis v Powercor Australia Ltd and Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd (No 2) [2020] VSC 877

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Citation 1 (Para 1)

…the existence of rights of subrogation is, as a matter of principle and practicality, to be distinguished from the exercise of those rights’. [67][2020] VSC 836, [82].…
Francis v Powercor Australia Ltd and Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd (No 2) [2020] VSC 877
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…n the bushfires. This ruling concerns the costs arising from that judgment. [1] Francis v Powercor Australia Ltd and Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd [2020] VSC 836.…

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Botsman v Bolitho (No 2) [2018] VSCA 348
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…ties and the question for court has been essentially whether the settlement distribution was fair and reasonable in all the circumstances.[13] [11] Botsman v Bolitho (2018) 57 VR 68 at 111 [198] (Tate, Whelan and Niall JJA) ( Bolitho ). [12] Bolitho at 111 [201]–[202]. [13]In the class actions brought with respect to the H…
Botsman v Bolitho (No 1) [2018] VSCA 278
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…ion for court has been essentially whether the settlement distribution was fair and reasonable in all the circumstances.[13] [11] Botsman v Bolitho (2018) 57 VR 68 at 111 [198] (Tate, Whelan and Niall JJA) ( Bolitho ). [12] Bolitho at 111 [201]–[202]. [13]In the class actions brought with respect to the Horsham (…
Timbercorp Finance Pty Ltd (in liq) v Collins [2016] HCA 44
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…Australia Pty Ltd v Victoria (2002) 211 CLR 1, 31-2 [37]–[41], 34 [50] (Gaudron, Gummow & Hayne JJ); Timbercorp Finance Pty Ltd (in liq) v Collins (2016) 259 CLR 212, 231-2 [38] (French CJ, Kiefel, Keane and Nettle JJ) 250-2 [126], [132] (Gordon J).…
Johnston v Endeavour Energy [2015] NSWSC 1117
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…accepted by the plaintiff. No detailed, contract by contract analysis was advanced. [25]Insurers’ submissions (11 March 2020), [1.10]. [26][2015] NSWSC 1117.…
Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 28
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…Collins (2016) 259 CLR 212, 233-235 [44]-[49] (French CJ, Kiefel, Keane and Nettle JJ); see also Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 507, 527 [51], 539 [94] (Nettle J). [39] Timbercorp Finance Pty Ltd (in liq) v Collins (2016) 259 CLR 212, 236 [54] (French CJ, Kiefel, Keane and Nettle JJ).…
Agricultural Land Management Ltd v Jackson (No 2) [2014] WASC 102
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…he insurers - the assured must make good to the insurers any loss occasioned to them by his lack of good faith, honesty and diligence”. [49](2014) 224 FCR 1 (Jacobson, Gilmour and Gordon JJ). [50] ABN Amro Bank v Bathurst Regional Council (2014) 224 FCR 1, 346 [1835] citing Broadlands Properties Ltd v Guardian Assu…
Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Ltd v Gordian Runoff Ltd [2008] NSWCA 243
Citation 7 (Para 1)

…Australian law and it is not necessary to resolve it on this application.[30] [30] Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Ltd v Gordian Runoff Ltd [2008] NSWCA 243, [307]–[308] (Allsop P, with Beazley and Campbell JJA agreeing).…
Insurance Commission of Western Australia v Kightly [2004] WADC 5
Citation 8 (Para 1)

…ted by either of the two authorities on which they relied, namely Petch and Kightly [52] . [52] Insurance Commission of Western Australia v Kightly (2005) 225 ALR 380.…
Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd v Victoria [2002] HCA 27
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…nces. They may of course, however, exercise a choice whether or not to opt out of the proceedings.[36] [36]See Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd v Victoria (2002) 211 CLR 1, 31-2 [37]–[41], 34 [50] (Gaudron, Gummow & Hayne JJ); Timbercorp Finance Pty Ltd (in liq) v Collins (2016) 259 CLR 212, 231-2 [38] (French CJ, Kiefe…
Unity Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd v Rocco Pezzano Pty Ltd [1998] HCA 38
Citation 10 (Para 1)

…ta. [51] ABN Amro Bank v Bathurst Regional Council (2014) 224 FCR 1, 347 [1844]-[1845] citing Unity Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd v Rocco Pezzano Pty Ltd (1998) 192 CLR 603, 653 (Hayne J).…
State Government Insurance Office (Queensland) v Brisbane Stevedoring Pty Ltd [1969] HCA 59
Citation 11 (Para 1)

…a third party. [34]So much is implicit, for example, in the reasoning in State Government Insurance Office (Qld) v Brisbane Stevedoring Pty Ltd (1969) 123 CLR 228 at 240-1 (Barwick CJ) and in Arthur Barnett Ltd v National Insurance Company of New Zealand Ltd [1965] NZLR 874 at 881-3 (North P), 885-7 (McCarthy J), 889…
Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd (No 2) [2020] VSC 159
Citation 12 (Para 1)

…bers and their insurers (the insurance funds ), with provisions for costs yet to be incurred or approved. [2] Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd (No 2) [2020] VSC 159; Annexure A to the orders made on 6 April 2020 in each of the Francis and Lenehan proceedings.…
Hawker v Powercor Australia Ltd [2018] VSC 661
Citation 13 (Para 1)

…ers on the very question of priorities, in the fashion described in the Court’s judgment of 2 November 2018.[9] [9] Hawker v Powercor Australia Ltd [2018] VSC 661.…
Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd [2018] VSC 579
Citation 14

…e defendant, and by the Insurers, with group members. The application in respect of the Insurers was refused.[3] [3] Lenehan v Powercor Australia Ltd [2018] VSC 579, [38].…
Williams v Ausnet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2017] VSC 474
Citation 15 (Para 1)

…Ltd [2013] VSC 6), Jack River ( Ramsay v Ausnet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 725), Mickleham ( Williams v Ausnet Electricity Services [2017] VSC 474) and Currandooley ( Kuhn v Infigen Energy Ltd (NSW SC 2017/131194)) fires.…
Ramsay v Ausnet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 725
Citation 16 (Para 1)

…Services Pty Ltd [2015] VSC 232), Pomborneit ( Place v Powercor Aust Ltd [2013] VSC 6), Jack River ( Ramsay v Ausnet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 725), Mickleham ( Williams v Ausnet Electricity Services [2017] VSC 474) and Currandooley ( Kuhn v Infigen Energy Ltd (NSW SC 2017/131194)) fires.…
Rowe v AusNet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2015] VSC 232
Citation 17 (Para 1)

…VSC 614), Kilmore East ( Matthews v Ausnet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 663), Murrindini ( Rowe v AusNet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2015] VSC 232), Pomborneit ( Place v Powercor Aust Ltd [2013] VSC 6), Jack River ( Ramsay v Ausnet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 725), Mickleham ( Williams v…
Matthews v AusNet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 663
Citation 18 (Para 1)

…ss actions brought with respect to the Horsham ( Thomas v Powercor [2011] VSC 614), Kilmore East ( Matthews v Ausnet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 663), Murrindini ( Rowe v AusNet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2015] VSC 232), Pomborneit ( Place v Powercor Aust Ltd [2013] VSC 6), Jack River ( Ramsay v Au…
Place v Powercor Aust Ltd [2013] VSC 6
Citation 19 (Para 1)

…Services Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 663), Murrindini ( Rowe v AusNet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2015] VSC 232), Pomborneit ( Place v Powercor Aust Ltd [2013] VSC 6), Jack River ( Ramsay v Ausnet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 725), Mickleham ( Williams v Ausnet Electricity Services [2017] VSC 474) and Curra…
Thomas v Powercor Australia Ltd [2011] VSC 614
Citation 20 (Para 1)

…lan and Niall JJA) ( Bolitho ). [12] Bolitho at 111 [201]–[202]. [13]In the class actions brought with respect to the Horsham ( Thomas v Powercor [2011] VSC 614), Kilmore East ( Matthews v Ausnet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 663), Murrindini ( Rowe v AusNet Electricity Services Pty Ltd [2015] VSC 232),…

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