Athval Management Pty Ltd v Doherty [2000] NSWCA 277

Reported Decision : (2000) 20 NSWCCR 687

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Athval Management Pty Ltd v Doherty [2000] NSWCA 277 revised - 12/10/2000 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40939/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 October 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 October 2000

PARTIES : Athval Management Pty Ltd (Appellant) Sonja Doherty (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Powell JA at 1, 33, 35; Stein JA at 34; Heydon JA at 2

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Compensation Court LOWER COURT CC 44438/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Bishop CCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : J D Hislop QC/Miss J C Chapman (Appellant) A D M Hewitt SC SOLICITORS : McCulloch & Buggy (Appellant) Lamrocks (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Workers Compensation - entitlement to compensation for physical injury - error of law - misdirection - non-direction - trial judge's failure to make a finding of fact - meaning of "journey" as defined by s 10(4) Workers Compensation Act 1987 - interaction of s 10(4) with the intention of the worker at the time of the commencement of the journey. LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Compensation Court Act 1984 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 CASES CITED: Williams v Ducon Condenser Ltd [1949] WCR 122 Kerr v New South Wales Club [1971] WCR 13 The Australian Gaslight Co v The Valuer-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126 DECISION : See para 32

THE SUPREME COURT

OF NEW SOUTH WALES

COURT OF APPEAL

CA 40939/99 CC 44438/98

POWELL JA STEIN JA HEYDON JA