Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Szajna v Australian Postal Corporation [2014] FCA 1136 Citation: Szajna v Australian Postal Corporation [2014] FCA 1136
Appeal from: Szajna and Australian Postal Corporation [2013] AATA 898
Parties: ANTHEA SZAJNA v AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION
File numbers: QUD 7 of 2014
Judge: RANGIAH J
Date of judgment: 24 October 2014
Corrigendum: 26 February 2015
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – appeal from Administrative Appeals Tribunal – whether Tribunal made error of law –parties' conduct contributed to Tribunal's error – appeal allowed WORKERS' COMPENSATION – injury in the course of employment – meaning of injury – sudden disturbance of normal physiological state – whether Tribunal erred in finding an inevitable consequence of an underlying disease is not an injury
Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 44(1) Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) ss 5A(1), 5B(1), 14(1), 64(1)
Cases cited: Accident Compensation Commission v McIntosh [1991] 2 VR 253 cited Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gevaert Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 389 applied Comcare v Etheridge (2006) 149 FCR 522 distinguished Comcare v Martinez (No 2) (2013) 212 FCR 272 cited Darling Island Stevedoring & Lighterage Co Ltd v Hankinson (1967) 117 CLR 19 cited Estate of Eduardo Ferro and Australian Postal Corporation [2010] AATA 119 overruled Health Insurance Commission v Van Reesch [1996] FCA 1118; (1996) 45 ALD 302 cited Henderson v Commissioner of Railways (WA) (1937) 58 CLR 281 cited Hockey v Yelland (1984) 157 CLR 124 cited Hope v Bathurst City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1 cited Hospital Benefit Fund of Western Australia Inc v Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services (1992) 39 FCR 225 cited Kennedy Cleaning Services Limited v Petkoska (2000) 200 CLR 286 cited Kuswardana v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs (1981) 35 ALR 186 cited O'Kane v Comcare [2014] FCA 341 cited O'Neill v Lumbey (1987) 11 NSWLR 640 cited Shi v Migration Agents Registration Authority (2008) 235 CLR 286 cited The Commonwealth v Ockenden (1958) 99 CLR 215 cited Zickar v MGH Plastic Industries Pty Limited (1995) 187 CLR 310 explained
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