Boyd v Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services Australia Pty Limited [2022] NSWDC 268

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Boyd v Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services Australia Pty Limited [2022] NSWDC 268 Hearing dates: 20-22 June 2022 Date of orders: 22 June 2022 Decision date: 22 June 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Neilson DCJ Decision: Pars [71]-[74]. Catchwords: COMPENSATION – WORKERS COMPENSATION - COAL MINERS –– Claims weekly payments of worker's compensation and s 60 expenses- Whether Plaintiff injured his low back (lumbar spine) – Whether Plaintiff totally incapacitated – Issues as to quantification of average weekly earnings – Net earnings of no utility. Legislation Cited: Workers Compensation Act 1926 (NSW) Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Cases Cited: Clymer v RTA (1996) 13 NSWCCR 187 De Gracia v State of New South Wales (1993) 13 NSWCCR 23 Ellavale Engineering Pty Limited v Pilgrim [2005] NSWCA 272 Learmont v Commissioner of Police [2015] NSWDC 136 Learmont v Commissioner of Police [2016] NSWCA 137 Texts Cited: Nil. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff – Christian Derrick Boyd Defendant - Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services Australia Pty Limited Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff – Benson, D. Defendant – Carney, W. Solicitors: Plaintiff – Michael Evers & Co Defendant – Bartier Perry Lawyers File Number(s): 2022/00162115 Publication restriction: Nil.