Allan v Manning Valley Race Club Limited ACN 00329548 [2023] NSWDC 89

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Allan v Manning Valley Race Club Limited ACN 00329548 [2023] NSWDC 89 Hearing dates: 23 March 2023 Date of orders: 14 April 2023 Decision date: 14 April 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 151D of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), the plaintiff is granted leave nunc pro tunc to commence these proceedings. (2) The plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of the notice of motion and hearing of this application. Catchwords: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS – application by plaintiff pursuant to s 151D of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) – claims of actual and presumptive prejudice made by defendant – no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), s 151D Workplace Injury and Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW), ss 281, 282, Clause 9(1)(c) of Schedule 1 Cases Cited: Chaffey v MPM Maintenance Services Pty Ltd & Anor [2019] NSWDC 260 Commonwealth of Australia v Shaw (2006) 66 NSWLR 325 Cram Fluid Power Pty Ltd v Green [2015] NSWCA 250 Ebb v Fast Fix Steel Fixing Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 236 Franco v Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer [2020] NSWSC 915 Gower v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 132 Hibbs v Ready Workforce Australia Pty Ltd [2022] NSWDC 427 Howley v Principal Healthcare Finance Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 447 Itek Graphix Pty Limited v Elliott [2002] NSWCA 104 OP Industries Pty Ltd v MMI Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd (1998) 17 NSWCCR 193 Paikan v Western Sydney Local Health District [2020] NSWDC 252 Young v Reece Australia Pty Limited [2018] NSWDC 465 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Shane Allan (plaintiff/applicant) Manning Valley Race Club Limited ACN 00329548 (Formerly Taree Race Club) (defendant/respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr E Romaniuk SC with Mr P Menary (plaintiff/applicant) Mr D Baran (defendant/respondent)