CSR LIMITED & ANOR v MAREE ANNE D'ARCY [1999] NSWCA 216

New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : CSR LIMITED & ANOR v MAREE ANNE D'ARCY [1999] NSWCA 216 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40362/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 May 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 July 1999

PARTIES : CSR LIMITED & ANOR v MAREE ANNE D'ARCY JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Beazley JA at 56; Brownie AJA at 57

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Dust Diseases Tribunal LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : DDT 5/96 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Johns J

COUNSEL : P Graham QC/ G Rundle (Appellant) B Toomey QC/ G Farmer (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Toomey Pegg & Drevikovsky (Appellant) Turner Freeman (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : APPEAL - Appeal as of right against judgment of Dust Diseases Tribunal - New evidence - Error of fact or law by trial judge - Discretion to amend or rescind orders earlier made - Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989, s13(6) - Apportionment of damages amongst defendants - Judgment sum to represent proper compensation for injury suffered at the hands of all defendants concurrently ; JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS - Satisfaction - Agreement on undisclosed terms by one defendant to pay sum in return for discontinuance does not in itself satisfy judgment against another defendant DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs

THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL

CA 40362/97

MASON P BEAZLEY JA BROWNIE AJA

Thursday 15 July 1999

CSR LIMITED & ANOR v Maree Anne D'ARCY