Recent Cases

Ritchie v Insurance Australia Ltd [2022] NSWCA 278 (19 December 2022) (Ward P, Meagher and Mitchelmore JJA)


Catchwords:


INSURANCE – liability insurance – exclusions – where endorsement excluded cover for liability arising out of specified cutting or welding activities unless carried out in compliance with relevant Australian Standard – where those activities included use of “spark producing equipment” – where use of power cutter to cut steel produced sparks which caused bushfire – whether primary judge erred in concluding power cutter was within description “spark producing equipment”