Khanna v Insurance Australia Ltd [2025] NSWSC 33

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Khanna v Insurance Australia Ltd [2025] NSWSC 33 Hearing dates: 30 and 31 July 2024 Date of orders: 10 February 2025 Decision date: 10 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Faulkner J Decision: (1) Proceedings No. 2023/00305474 be dismissed with costs. (2) Proceedings No. 2024/00080728 be dismissed with costs. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – decisions of medical assessors referred to review panels – review panels issue certificates – applications for judicial review under s 69 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 – errors by review panels not clearly identified – no jurisdictional error – no error of law on the face of the record – application dismissed – no point of principle Legislation Cited: Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), ss 58, 60, 61, 63, 133 Personal Injury Commission Act 2020 (NSW), ss 3, 10, 33, 43 Personal Injury Commission Regulations 2020 (NSW), cl 6 Personal Injury Commission Rules 2021 (NSW), rr 127, 128 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 65, 66, 69 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: AAI Ltd t/as AAMI v Chan [2021] NSWCA 19 Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Cervantes [2012] NSWCA 244 Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Salucci [2023] NSWSC 1593 Boyce v Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd (2018) 96 NSWLR 356; [2018] NSWCA 22 Brimelow v Sharpe [2012] NSWCA 345 Campbelltown City Council v Vegan (2006) 67 NSWLR 372; [2006] NSWCA 284 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2003) 77 ALJR 1088; [2003] HCA 26 Frost v Kourouche [2014] NSWCA 39 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 Motor Accidents Authority of NSW v Mills (2010) 78 NSWLR 125; [2010] NSWCA 82 Pham v NRMA Insurance Ltd [2014] NSWCA 22 Rahman v Insurance Australia Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1079 Richardson bht Richardson v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2020] NSWSC 366 Wingfoot Australia Partners Pty Ltd v Kocak (2013) 252 CLR 480; [2013] HCA 43 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sanjeev Khanna (Plaintiff) Insurance Australia Limited (First Defendant) Personal Injury Commission (Second Defendant) President of the Personal Injury Commission of New South Wales (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Plaintiff) Jnana Gumbert (First Defendant) Solicitors: Self-represented (Plaintiff) Moray & Agnew (First Defendant) Crown Solicitors Office (Second and Third Defendant) File Number(s): 2023/00305474; 2024/00080728