Ernesto Tucci v Austral Rock Milling Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) and Anor [2007] NSWDDT 10

Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales

CITATION : Ernesto Tucci v Austral Rock Milling Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) and Anor [2007] NSWDDT 10

Ernesto Tucci PARTIES : Austral Rock Milling Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) Unimin Australia Ltd (Formerly Normandy Industrial Minerals)

MATTER NUMBER(S) : 10 of 2001

JUDGMENT OF: Curtis J at 1

CATCHWORDS: Dust Diseases Tribunal :- Offer of Compromise

Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 LEGISLATION CITED: Dust Diseases Tribunal Regulation 2007 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

Lewis v Combell Constructions Pty Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 528 ; Young v Combe (BC9301813) ; Scanruby Pty Ltd v Caltex Petroleum Pty Ltd (BC 200102605); CASES CITED: Gordon v Berowra Holdings Pty Ltd (2005) 62 NSWLR 427 ; Mohamed v Farah (BC200403298); Cropper v Smith 26 Ch.D., 700 ; Whitehouse Properties Pty Ltd v Bond Brewing (NSW) Ltd (1992) 28 NSWLR 17

DATES OF HEARING: 11 July 2007 EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 11 July 2007

Mr J Sharpe instructed by Turner Freeman appeared for the plaintiff LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Mr D Graham instructed by Piper Alderman appeared for the defendant

JUDGMENT:

Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales Matter Number DDT10 of 2001 Ernesto Tucci v Austral Rock Milling Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) and Unimin Australia Ltd (Formerly Normandy Industrial Minerals) 11 July 2007 JUDGMENT CURTIS J