NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : [2000] 19 NSWCCR 589
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Menzies Property Services Pty Ltd v Sommerville [2000] NSWCA 93 revised - 02/05/2007 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40014/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 11/04/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 April 2000
PARTIES : Menzies Property Services Pty Ltd (Appellant) Barbara Sommerville (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Fitzgerald JA at 2; Davies AJA at 23
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Compensation Court LOWER COURT 21139/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Ashford J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Mr J.D. Hislop QC / F. Doak (Appellant) Mr A.J. Leslie QC / Mr J. Singh (Respondent) SOLICITORS : P.W. Turk & Associates (Appellant) Steve Masselos & Co (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Worker's Compensation - Interpretation of s 38 of the Workers Compensation Act - whether Regulation 73N of the Workers Compensation (General) Regulations affects the operation of the time period in s 38. (D) LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 1998 DECISION : Appeal allowed, with costs. The award varied to delete the provision for the payment of compensation to the respondent after 52 weeks from 8 September 1997 and to provide as follows; $350 per week from 10 September 1997 to 15 November 1997, and $280 per week from 16 November 1997 to 9 September 1998, with credit for payments made.
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40014/99 NSWCC 21139/97 SHELLER JA FITZGERALD JA DAVIES AJA
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