Palmer v Blue Circle Southern Cement Ltd [1999] NSWSC 697

Reported Decision : 48 NSWLR 318

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Palmer v Blue Circle Southern Cement Ltd [1999] NSWSC 697 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : 012891/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 5/7/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 July 1999

PARTIES : Neville Palmer v Blue Circle Southern Cement Ltd JUDGMENT OF : Bell J at 1

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Local Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 6386/94 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Price LCM

COUNSEL : Mr B McManamey (Appellant) Mr L J Ellison (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Stacks - The Law Firm (Appellant) Hunt & Hunt (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Restitution; defences; change of position; foregoing of benefit (failure to apply for social security) ACTS CITED : Workers' Compensation Act 1987 Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act 1970 G H Varley Pty Ltd v Thompson (unreported, NSWSC, 25 February 1998) Melesco Manufacturing Pty Ltd v Thompson (1996) 40 NSWLR 525 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 David Securities Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1992) 175 CLR 353 Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd [1991] 2 AC 548 CASES CITED : The Council of the City of Sydney v Burns Philp Trustee Company Ltd (In Liquidation) & Anor (unreported, NSWSC, Com D, 13 November 1992) Kilham v Banque Nationale de Paris (unreported, Supreme Court of Victoria, Com D, 28 June 1994) Morgan Guaranty Trust Co of New York v Outerbridge 66 DLR (4th) 517 Barclays Bank Ltd v W J Simms & Son & Cooke (Southern) Ltd [1979] 3 All ER 522 Rural Municipality of Storthoaks v Mobil Oil Canada Ltd (1975) 55 DLR (3d) 1 Hydro Electric Com'n of Township of Nepean v Ontario Hydro (1982) 132 DLR (3d) 193 DECISION : See para 38