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New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : Macrae v St Margaret's Hospital [1999] NSWCA 381 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40577/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 September 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 October 1999
Derek Macrae (Appellant) PARTIES : v St. Margaret's Hospital (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Meagher JA at 2; Davies AJA at 9
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Compensation Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 9661/97 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : O'Toole CCJ
COUNSEL : A: Mr J Wynyard R: Mr C Hoeben SC SOLICITORS : A: Marsdens R: Astridge & Murray CATCHWORDS : Workers Compensation; Service of Claim; whether posting of claim to employer's post office box was sufficient service; Statutory Interpretation - mandatory or directory; whether posting to a post office box was a posting to a place of business; whether compliance or substantial compliance with s92A of Workers Compensation Act 1987 Compensation Court Act 1984, s32 ACTS CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987, ss66,67,92,92A,106E Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1995, regs39,40 Suitors' Fund Act Hunter Resources v Melville 164 CLR 234 Baker v Rothmans of Pall Mall (Aust) [1999] NSWCA 245 CASES CITED: Victoria v The Commonwealth 134 CLR 81 Woods v Bate (1987) 7 NSWLR 560 Tasker v Fullwood (1978) 1 NSWLR 20 DECISION : Appeal allowed
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL
CA 40577/98 CC 9661/97
PRIESTLEY JA MEAGHER JA DAVIES AJA
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