Commissioner of Police v Police Association of New South Wales [2010] NSWIRComm 188

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Commissioner of Police v Police Association of New South Wales [2010] NSWIRComm 188

PARTIES: Commissioner of Police (Appellant) Police Association of New South Wales (Respondent)

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 615 of 2010

CORAM: Boland J President; Walton J Vice-President; Kavanagh J

CATCHWORDS: APPEAL - Leave to appeal - POLICE - First instance decision making declarations and orders to the effect that the appellant was estopped from denying a former police officer suffered on duty injuries that led to the cessation of her employment and from denying the former officer was entitled to the on duty partial and permanent disability payment under the Crown Employees (Police Officers - Death and Disability) Award - Whether issue estoppel available to respondent - Whether a consent determination by the Workers Compensation Commission constituted a judicial determination for the purpose of issue estoppel - Whether proceedings for a declaration of right could constitute later proceedings for the purpose of issue estoppel - Whether there was the requisite identity of issues in the two proceedings for the purpose of issue estoppel - Held no identity of issues - Appeal upheld - Declarations and orders set aside

Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 130 s 154 s 187 s 188 LEGISLATION CITED: Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workers Compensation Commission Rules 2006 r 10.3 r 15.1 r 15.9 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 s 294 s 344 s 350 s 351 s 354 s 355 s 362 s 367

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