Wilson v SAS Trustee Corporation (No 4) [2023] NSWDC 224

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wilson v SAS Trustee Corporation (No 4) [2023] NSWDC 224 Date of orders: 27 June 2023 Decision date: 27 June 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Neilson DCJ Decision: See pars [211]-[213]. Catchwords: WORKERS COMPENSATION – SPECIAL STATUTORY COMPENSATION LIST - POLICE – Conditions of Service – Hurt on Duty Pension -Application to Increase Pension – Further Application to amend Certificate of Infirmity to include a further infirmity – Original decision of Defendant made on 29 March 2000 – Application to amend made by letter of 3 December 2019 but declined on following day – Whether Defendant had power to make the amendment - Whether Court had jurisdiction to grant relief sought - Whether application time-barred – Proper construction of statutory scheme. WORDS AND PHRASES – Whether infirmity of mind established by making of a diagnosis and/or the experience of symptoms. Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Freedom of Information Act 1989 (NSW) Kooragang Cement Pty Ltd v Bates (1994) 35 NSWLR 452; 10 NSWCCR 796 Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW) Superannuation Administrative Act 1996 (NSW) Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Cases Cited: Day v SAS Trustee Corporation [2020] NSWDC 381 Day v SAS Trustee Corporation [2021] NSWCA 71 Kooragang Cement Pty Ltd v Bates (1994) 35 NSWLR 452; 10 NSWCCR 796 Lembcke v SAS Trustee Corporation [2003] NSWCA 136; (2003) 56 NSWLR 736; (2003) 25 NSWCCR 464 Lenihan v SAS Trustee Corporation [2020] NSWDC 815; (2020) 34 DCLR (NSW) 259 March v Stramare (E & MH) Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Miles v SAS Trustee Corporation [2016] NSWDC 56 Morris v George [1977] 2 NSWLR 552 National and General Insurance Co. Ltd v South British Insurance Co. Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 327 Pascoe v SAS Trustee Corporation (unreported 15 March 2022) Pascoe v SAS Trustee Corporation [2022] NSWCA 244 Pascoe v SAS Trustee Corporation [2023] HCASL 69 SAS Trustee Corporation v Miles [2018] HCA 55 SAS Trustee Corporation v Rossetti [2018] NSWCA 68 SAS Trustee Corporation v Woollard [2014] NSWCA 75 Sutherland Shire Council v Baltica General Insurance Co Ltd (1996) 39 NSWLR 87; 17 NSWCCR 716 Texts Cited: Nil. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff – Steven John Wilson Defendant – SAS Trustee Corporation Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff – Mr Morris SC, Mr O'Neill Defendant – Mr Ower Solicitors: Plaintiff – Cardillo Gray Partners Defendant – State Super File Number(s): RJ 258 of 2019 (2023/200329) RJ 171 of 2020 (2023/200348) Publication restriction: Nil.