NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : [2000] 49 NSWLR 481 [2000] 20 NSWCCR 554
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : P & O Berkeley Challenge Pty Ltd in the interest of HIH Winterthur Workers Compensation (NSW) Pty Ltd v Alfonzo & Ors [2000] NSWCA 214 revised - 02/05/2007 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40970/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 June 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 August 2000
PARTIES : P & O Berkeley Challenge Pty Ltd in the interest of HIH Winterthur Workers Compensation (NSW) Pty Ltd v Lucia Alfonzo, Commercial Services Group Ltd in the interest of Government Insurance Office Australia Workers Fund Ltd and P & O Berkeley Challenge Pty Ltd in the interest of MMI Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Fitzgerald JA at 35; Clarke AJA at 52
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Compensation Court LOWER COURT CC 13982/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Truss J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Appellant - J. Poulos QC / M. Henry Respondent (3) - P. Hall QC / A. Ventura SOLICITORS : Appellant - Abbott Tout Respondent (3) - Hickson Wisewoulds CATCHWORDS : Workers Compensation Act (1987) - Meaning of "incapacity" in s 16 LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Arnotts Snack Products Pty Ltd v Yacob (1985) 155 CLR 171 CASES CITED: GIO Workers Compensation Ltd v GIO General Ltd (1995) 12 NSWCCR 187 Holden v Toll Chadwick Transport Ltd (1987) 8 NSWLR 222 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.
THE SUPREME COURT
OF NEW SOUTH WALES
COURT OF APPEAL
CA 40970/98 CC 13982/97
PRIESTLEY JA FITZGERALD JA CLARKE AJA
Friday, 11 August 2000
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