Liability insurance: liability to employees

In Attree Pty Ltd v Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London [2024] FCA 1408 Derrington J in the Australian Federal Court discussed the ability of an employer to recover under a liability policy for sums payable to employees under Australian legislation. The court's obvious conclusion was that the policy was not designed to indemnify the employer for payments that it should have made, as it could not be said that any loss had been incurred.

Attree: the facts