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Albion Insurance Co Ltd v Government Insurance Office of New South Wales
Albion Insurance Co Ltd v Government Insurance Office (NSW) (1969) 121 CLR 342; [1969] HCA 55
Key Principle
A right of contribution between insurers arises only where the insurers are under 'co-ordinate liabilities' to indemnify the insured against the same loss; persons under such co-ordinate liabilities to make good the one loss must bear the burden rateably.
Area of Law
General
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