Cook v Sirius International Insurance Corporation Australian Branch

• 1. Insurance
  2. › Claims
  3. › Property insurance
  4. › Fire
  5. › Defence of arson
  6. › Proof on balance of probabilities
  7. › Circumstantial case
  8. › Whether insured deliberately lit fires
  9. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 140
• 1. Appeals
  2. › From findings of fact
  3. › Function of appellate court
  4. › Appeal by way of rehearing
  5. › Where primary judgment not dependent on credibility findings
  6. › Court obligated to conduct real review of evidence and reasons
  7. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 75A
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Circumstantial evidence
  3. › Standard of proof in civil proceedings
  4. › Gravity of allegations
  5. › Whether plausible hypotheses consistent with innocence
  6. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 140

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