It is understood that Skyward Aviation 2008 Ltd v Tower Insurance Ltd is being heard in the Supreme Court tomorrow (Wednesday 5 November 2014). To refresh your memory, I wrote about the Court of Appeal case here. You can read the Court of Appeal decision here.In other news, a review of the "Case Summaries" list on the Supreme Court website shows that applications for leave to appeal have been filed in the Supreme court respect of QBE Insurance (International) Limited v Wild South Holdings Limited and Maxims Fashions Limited (SC 106/ 2014) and Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London and Sirius International Insurance Group Limited v Crystal Imports Limited (SC 107/ 2014); two of the three "conjoined" proceedings dealt with in the Court of Appeal in QBE Insurance (International) Limited v Wild South Holdings Limited [2014] NZCA 447 (10 September 2014) which I mentioned briefly here after the decision was delivered. Noticeably absent from this line up is the third of the three proceedings; Marriott v Vero Insurance New Zealand Ltd. One assumes that the insurer in this latter case was content not to push the issues further.In further news, it is understood that the insurer has filed an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in Avonside v Southern Response, which I wrote about here. One has to wonder about the utility of New Zealand's highest Court potentially opining on specific line items in a replacement cost analysis, and as it relates to a "notional" rebuild only. Of course, only the insurer knows how many properties fall into that category. The bench addressing the leave application will need to decide what number of affected dwellings makes it a truly significant case, in the circumstances. One would have thought that would have to be a very high number.
Steve KeallBarrister4 November 2014