Telstra Corporation Limited v Bowden [2012] FCA 576

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Telstra Corporation Limited v Bowden [2012] FCA 576 Citation: Telstra Corporation Limited v Bowden [2012] FCA 576

Appeal from: Bowden v Telstra Corporation Limited [2011] AATA 320

Parties: TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED v KANE BOWDEN

File number: VID 582 of 2011

Judge: MURPHY J

Date of judgment: 4 June 2012

Catchwords: WORKERS' COMPENSATION –– accident "arising out of" employment – necessary causal connection – scope of employment ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Appeal from Administrative Appeals Tribunal – question of law – workers' compensation claim – whether tribunal failed to apply the correct test as to "arising out of employment"

Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 44 Commonwealth Employees Compensation Act 1930 (Cth) Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) ss 4(10A), 5A(1), 5A(1)(c), 6(1), 6(1C), 6(1)(d), 14, 14(1), Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (Cth)

Cases cited: Badawi v Nexon Asia Pacific Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 324 Brittingham v Williams [1932] VLR 237 Brooker v Thomas Borthwick and Sons (Australasia) Ltd [1933] AC 669 Cook v Owners of S.S. Montreal (1913) 6 B.W.C.C. 220 Coward v Military Compensation and Rehabilitation Service (2006) 153 FCR 535 Dover Navigation Co Ltd v Isabella Craig [1940] AC 190 Foster v Penfold Ltd (1934) 27 B.W.C.C. 240 Gilkinson v Repartiration Commission [2008] FCA 1441 Goward v The Commonwealth (1957) 97 CLR 355 Hatzimanolis v ANI Corporation Ltd (1992) 173 CLR 473 Henderson v Commissioner of Railways (WA) (1937) 58 CLR 281 Kavanagh v The Commonwealth (1960) 103 CLR 547 Lawrence v George Matthews (1924), Ltd [1929] 1 KB 1 Local Government Association (City of Salisbury) v May (1996) 67 SASR 353 March v E & MH Stramare Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Migge v Wormald Bros Industries Limited [1972] 2 NSWLR 29 Military Compensation and Rehabilitation Commission v Wall [2004] FCA 1711 Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission v Roberts [2007] FCA 1 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 Northumbrian Shipping Co Ltd v McCullum (1932) 48 TLR 568 Nunan v Cockatoo Island Docks and Engineering Co Limited (1941) 41 SR (NSW) 119 O'Brien v Commonwealth (1967) 117 CLR 66 Pearson v The Freemantle Harbour Trust (1929) 42 CLR 320 PVYW v Comcare (No 2) [2012] FCA 395 Repatriation Commission v Law (1980) 47 FLR 57 Repatriation Commission v Law (1981) 147 CLR 635 Roncevich v Repatriation Commission (2005) 222 CLR 115 Smith v Australian Woollen Mills Ltd (1933) 50 CLR 504 South Maitland Railways Pty Ltd v James (1943) 67 CLR 496 Stewart & Son (1912) Ltd v Longhurst [1917] AC 249 Stewart v Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board (1932) 48 CLR 216 St Helens Colliery v Hewitson [1924] AC 59 Tarry v Warringah Shire Council [1974] WCR 1 Thom v Sinclair 1917 AC 127 Upton v Great Central Railway Co [1924] AC 302 Weaver v Tredegar Iron Co Limited [1940] AC 955 Webber v Wansborough Paper Co [1915] AC 51 Weston v Great Boulder Gold Mines Ltd (1965) 112 CLR 30 Zlateska v Consolidated Cleaning Services Pty Ltd [2006] VSCA 141