NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Goodman Fielder Limited v Hickson [2006] NSWDC 163
HEARING DATE(S): 31/08/06
JUDGMENT DATE: 20 September 2006
JUDGMENT OF: Kearns SC DCJ
DECISION: Separated questions answered.
CATCHWORDS: workers compensation - refund to employer - whether to be reduced for contributory negligence where the plaintiff and third party tortfeasor settle the plaintiff's claim - section 151Z - res judicata - judgment in rem
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 Workers Compensation Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987 Workers' Compensation Act 1926 Wrongs Act 1958 (Vict)
Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1988) 194 CLR 355 Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v GSF Australia Pty Limited (2005) 221 CLR 568 K&S Lake City Freighters Pty Limited v Gordon & Gotch Ltd (1985) 157 CLR 309 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Limited v The Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297 Astley v AusTrust Limited (1999) 197 CLR 1 Government Insurance Office of New South Wales v C E McDonald (NSW) Pty Limited (1991) 25 NSWLR 492 CASES CITED: Isaacs & Sons v Salbstein [1916] 2 KB 139, 142, 144 QBE Workers' Compensation (NSW) Limited v Dolan (2004) 62 NSWLR 42 P E Bakers Pty Limited v Yahuda (1988) 15 NSWLR 437 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464, 532 Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446, 466 Henderson v Henderson 67 ER 313 Chamberlain v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 164 CLR 502
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