Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Henderson v Comcare [2011] FCA 839 Citation: Henderson v Comcare [2011] FCA 839
Appeal from: Henderson and Comcare Australia [2010] AATA 700
Parties: JUDITH HENDERSON v COMCARE
File number: VID 872 of 2010
Judge: JESSUP J
Date of judgment: 28 July 2011
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Administrative Appeals Tribunal – Whether omission to deal with submission on particular point amounted to error of law – Relevance of strength of point – Whether Tribunal obliged to refer specifically to a point of obvious weakness
Legislation: Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) s 5A
Date of hearing: 16 June 2011
Place: Melbourne
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 22
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr M McInnis with Mr M Carey
Solicitor for the Applicant: Clark Toop Taylor
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr J Wallace
Solicitor for the Respondent: Thomsons Lawyers
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION VID 872 of 2010
ON APPEAL FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL
BETWEEN: JUDITH HENDERSON
Applicant
AND: COMCARE
Respondent
JUDGE: JESSUP J DATE OF ORDER: 28 JULY 2011 WHERE MADE: MELBOURNE
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. The appeal be dismissed with costs. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules. The text of entered orders can be located using Federal Law Search on the Court's website.
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION VID 872 of 2010
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