Meat Carter Pty Ltd v Melides [2020] NSWCA 307

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Meat Carter Pty Ltd v Melides [2020] NSWCA 307 Hearing dates: 4 May 2020 Decision date: 26 November 2020 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Gleeson JA at [2]; White JA at [3] Decision: 1. Appeal allowed. 2. Set aside the orders of the Acting Deputy President of 10 September 2019. 3. In lieu thereof order that the appeal from the orders of the Arbitrator made on 26 February 2019 be dismissed. 4. Order that the respondent pay the appellant's costs of the appeal. Catchwords: WORKERS' COMPENSATION – Construction of Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) s 38A – Whether payment at special rate pursuant to s 38A payable from time of injury or from time the worker satisfies the definition of "worker with highest needs" – consideration of the defined term 'worker with highest needs" Legislation Cited: Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 9, 32A, 36, 37, 38A, 39, 59A, 60, 65, 82A Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2015 (NSW), Sch 2 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW), ss 319, 321, 322A, 325, 353 Cases Cited: Ansett Australia v Dale [2001] NSWCA 341; 22 NSWCCR 527 Borovac v Corporate Ventures Pty Ltd t/a New South Wales Department of Agriculture (1995) 12 NSWCCR 84 Hee v State Transit Authority of New South Wales (2019) 100 NSWLR 274; [2019] NSWCA 175 Hochbaum v RSM Building Services Pty Ltd; Whitton v Technical and Further Education Commission t/as TAFE NSW [2020] NSWCA 113 Melides v Meat Carter Pty Ltd [2019] NSWWCCPD 48 State of NSW v Allen [2000] NSWCA 141; 20 NSWCCR 314 TNT Australia Pty Ltd v Estate of Horne (1995) 36 NSWLR 630 Texts Cited: Herzfeld and Prince, Interpretation, 2nd ed Thomson Reuters Category: Principal judgment Parties: Meat Carter Pty Ltd (Appellant) Steven Melides (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Kirk SC with B Lim (Appellant) B McManamey (Respondent)