Ramsay v Southern NSW Local Health District; Manning v Sydney Trains; Honey v Robert Sheridan Family Trust; Duncan v Department of Education; Magnan v Upper Shire Council [2024] NSWDC 326

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ramsay v Southern NSW Local Health District; Manning v Sydney Trains; Honey v Robert Sheridan Family Trust; Duncan v Department of Education; Magnan v Upper Shire Council [2024] NSWDC 326 Hearing dates: 4 April 2024 Date of orders: 7 August 2024 Decision date: 07 August 2024 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Waugh SC DCJ Decision: Each Matter Remitted to the Personal Injury Commission. See Paragraphs 210 to 215. Catchwords: PERSONAL INJURY COMMISSION – WORKERS COMPENSATION – CONSTITUITIONAL LAW – Application to District Court under s.26 of Personal Injury Commission Act 2020 - applications to PIC for workers compensation where the parties are residents of different States; and where respondent is State of NSW for the purposes s.75(iv) of the Constitution (Cth) and the applicant is resident of another State - whether PIC would be exercising federal jurisdiction when determining issues under sections 4, 9, 9A, 11A, 14, 25,26, 32A, 33, 36, 37, 38, 59, 60 and 66 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 and s.4 of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998. Legislation Cited: Constitution Act 1902 (NSW) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth). Personal Injury Commission Act 2020 Retail Tenancies Act 2010 The Commonwealth Constitution Transport Administration Act, 1988 Workers Compensation Act, 1987 (NSW): Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 Cases Cited: Aafjes v Kearney (1976) 180 CLR 199 Attorney General for New South Wales v Gatsby [2018] NSWCA 254 Chetty v Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council [2024] NSWDC 12 Citta Hobart Pty Ltd v Cawthorn [2022] HCA 16, (2022) 400 ALR 1, (2022) 96 ALJR 476 Crouch v Commissioner for Railways (Queensland) (1985) 159 CLR 22 Diab v NRMA Ltd [2014] NSWWCCPD 72 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Munro (1926) 38 CLR 153 Holden Pty Ltd v Walsh [2000] NSWCA 87 Kanajenahalli v State of New South Wales (Western New South Wales Local Health District) [2023] NSWCA 202 Precision Data Holdings Ltd v Wills (1991) 173 CLR 167 Scott v Bowden [2002] HCA 60, (2002) 194 ALR 593 Searle v McGregor [2022] NSWCA 213 Secretary, Department of Education v Dawking [2024] NSWCA 4 Stanley v Lachlan Shire Council [2023] NSWDC 262 Watson v Cameron (1928) 40 CLR 446 Wojciechowska v Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice; Wojciechowska v Registrar, Civil and Administrative Tribunal [2023] NSWCA 191 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ramsay: Geoffrey Ramsay (Plaintiff) State of NSW (Southern NSW Local Health District trading as Cooma Hospital) (Defendant)