Construction Thursday, 16 April 2015 View in browser

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Matton Developments Pty Ltd v CGU Insurance Ltd (No 2) (QSC) - insurance policy - contractors and plants insurance policy did not respond to crane owner’s claim arising from collapse of crane boom
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Matton Developments Pty Ltd v CGU Insurance Ltd (No 2) [2015] QSC 72
Supreme Court of Queensland
Flanagan J
Insurance policy - contractors and plants insurance - insurance company refused to indemnify crane owner for damage to crane when boom collapsed - competing hypotheses concerning circumstances in which boom collapsed - construction of policy - operation of exclusion clauses - ss13 & 54 Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Qld) - held: policy did not respond to plaintiff’s claim - allegation that insurance company breached the contract of insurance failed - claim dismissed.
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