NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2000) 19 NSWCCR 302
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Colliar v Bulley & Anor [2000] NSWCA 1 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40505/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 September 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 February 2000
Mr & Mrs R Colliar t/as Mid North Coast Mushrooms (Appellant) v PARTIES : Marilyn Dawn Bulley (First Respondent)
Yancu Pty Limited t/as Riverview Motor Inn (Second Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Meagher JA at 58; Davies AJA at 59
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Compensation Court LOWER COURT 18667/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Truss DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
A: P Deakin QC, L Stone COUNSEL : R1: M Sneddon (Submitting) R2: M Cranitch SC, K Sibley A: Hickson Wisewoulds SOLICITORS : R1: Walker Smith Solicitors R2: Sparke Helmore Solicitors CATCHWORDS : Workers Compensation - whether s16 of Workers Compensation Act 1987 applied - whether worker's employment was a substantial contributing factor to the aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration of his disease of osteoarthritis - whether a frank injury may fall within s16 - what is an injury. LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987, ss4,9,16,22 Compensation Court Act 1984, s32 Zickar v MGH Plastic Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 187 CLR 310 Willis v Moulded Products (Aust) Ltd [1951] VLR 58 MLC Insurance Ltd v Pinto (1994) 10 NSWCCR 101 Yates Bros (Stratford) Pty Ltd v Neil [1999] NSWCA 108 Australian Conveyor Engineering Pty Ltd v Mecha Engineering Pty Ltd (1998) 45 NSWLR 606 CASES CITED: Darling Island Stevedoring & Lighterage Co Ltd v Hankinson (1967) 117 CLR 19 O'Neill v Lumbey (1987) 11 NSWLR 640 Accident Compensation Commission v McIntosh [1991] 2 VR 253 Insurers Guarantee Fund NEM-General Insurance Ltd v GIO General Ltd (1994) 33 NSWLR 247 Sutherland Shire Council v Baltica General Insurance Co Ltd (1996) 39 NSWLR 87 QBE Insurance Ltd v Switzerland Insurance Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd (1996) 70 ALJR 281 DECISION : Appeal allowed. See para 80.
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