Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd v Smith [No.2] [2000] NSWCA 160

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd v Smith [No.2] [2000] NSWCA 160 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40498/98 HEARING DATE(S) : Decided on written submissions JUDGMENT DATE : 5 July 2000

Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (Appellant) PARTIES : Rodney James Smith (1st Respondent) B&B Detail Joinery Manufacturers Pty Ltd (2nd Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Meagher JA at 35; Fitzgerald JA at 1

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT SC182/93 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Studdert J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

B Toomey QC / M McAuley (Appellant) COUNSEL : C Calloway QC / R Taperell (1st Respondent) J Hislop QC / J Lonergan (2nd Respondent) John Sharpe HIH Workers' Compensation (NSW) Pty Limited Sydney (Appellant) SOLICITORS : Baker & Love Solicitors Charlestown (1st Respondent) Dunhill Madden Butler Sydney (2nd Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Costs - ND LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 DECISION : Application by Smith to "revisit" the judgment on 19 April 2000 refused; Direct that, within 14 days from today, Smith and / or Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd may file and serve further applications in respect of costs, together with supporting material, including written submissions, limited to costs questions concerned with the matters discussed in the letter dated 15 May 2000 from the solicitors for AMP General Insurance Limited to the solicitors for HIH Workers' Compensation (NSW) Pty Ltd; Further direction that, if such an application is made, AMP General Insurance Limited and its solicitors file any material in reply within a further 14 days.