Warwick Campbell v Star Electrical Co Pty Ltd & Ors [2024] NSWSC 1341

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Warwick Campbell v Star Electrical Co Pty Ltd & Ors [2024] NSWSC 1341 Hearing dates: 08 October 2024 Date of orders: 24 October 2024 Decision date: 24 October 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Coleman J Decision: (1) The summons is dismissed; (2) The Plaintiff is to pay the First Defendant's costs. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review of Medical Appeal Panel – referral of medical dispute to a medical assessor – whether Medical Appeal Panel erred in accepting reasons of medical assessor – whether ambiguity of medical assessor's findings required further assessment – presumption of regularity Legislation Cited: Personal Injury Commission Rules 2021 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1988 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1; [1990] HCA 21 Bojko v ICM Property Service Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 175 Campbelltown City Council v Vegan (2006) 67 NSWLR 372; [2006] NSWCA 284 Day v SAS Trustee Corporation [2021] NSWCA 71 Elsworthy v Forgacs Engineering Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1638 Finnegan v Komatsu Forklift Australia Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 38 Fisher v Nonconformist Pty Ltd (2024) 114 NSWLR 1; [2024] NSWCA 32 Henderson v Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club Ltd [2024] NSWSC 473 Insurance Australia Ltd (t/as NRMA Insurance Ltd) v Al-Tabaibeh [2022] NSWSC 324 Jones v the Registrar WCC [2010] NSWSC 481 Kempe v Complete Community Services Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1095 Lancaster v Foxtel Management Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 929 Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996)185 CLR 259; [1996] HCA 6 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA (2019) 264 CLR 421; [2019] HCA 3 Minister for Natural Resources v Aboriginal Land Council (1987) 9 NSWLR 154 Pitsonis v Registrar of the Workers Compensation Commission (2008) 73 NSWLR 366; [2008] NSWCA 88 Quintiliani-Johns v Secretary, Department of Education [2024] NSWSC 1200 Sadsad v NRMA Insurance Ltd (2014) 67 MVR 601; [2014] NSWSC 1216 Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice v Hammond [2023] NSWSC 871 SZCBT v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2007] FCA 9 Turner v Trust T-Frame Timbers Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 1088 Windley v Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer [2021] NSWSC 1125 Wingfoot Australia Partners v Kocak (2013) 252 CLR 480; [2013] HCA 43 Texts Cited: Workers Compensation Guidelines American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment Category: Principal judgment Parties: Warwick Campbell (Plaintiff) Star Electrical Co Pty Ltd (ABN 65 000 218 708) (First Defendant) The President of the Personal Injury Commission (Second Defendant) A Medical Appeal Panel constituted by Member Marshal Douglas, Dr James Bodel and Dr Neil Berry (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: G Schipp (Plaintiff) D Stiles (First Defendant)