Darma v Claremont Connections Pty Limited [2021] NSWDC 509

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Darma v Claremont Connections Pty Limited [2021] NSWDC 509 Hearing dates: 17 August 2021 18 August 2021 19 August 2021 20 August 2021 Date of orders: 24 September 2021 Decision date: 24 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Coleman SC DCJ Decision: 1 Verdict and Judgment for the defendant. 2 The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: Torts – Negligence – Work Injury Damages – Claim for Common Law Damages – Leave to Proceed under s 151D(2) Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) – Unpleaded Claim of Estoppel – Issue Estoppel – Whether the Defendant is Estopped in the Subject Proceedings as a Result of a Determination of the Plaintiff's Statutory Entitlements Made by the Workers Compensation Commission by Consent – Whether the Plaintiff has Discharged its Onus – Whether the Plaintiff Was Harassed and/or Bullied Legislation Cited: Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) ss 4, 9, 9A, 33, 60, 66, 151D, 151D(2) Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) ss 78, 288, 294, 315, 316, 318, 319, 325 Cases Cited: Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Rayner & Keeler Ltd [No 2] [1967] 1 AC 853 Ekes v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2014] NSWCA 336 Gower v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 132 Nguyen v Tran [2018] NSWCA 215 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589; [1981] HCA 45 Trustees for the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Bathurst v Hine [2016] NSWCA 213 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Pty Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 Texts Cited: Gageler J, Evidence and Truth (2017) 13 TJR 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr Kosim Darma (Plaintiff) Claremont Connections Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr W Nicholson (Plaintiff) Ms K Balendra (Defendant)