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New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : Lake Macquarie City Council v Vetter [1999] NSWCA 98 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40440/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 27.11.98 9.12.98 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 April 1999
LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL PARTIES : v NATALIE JANE VETTER JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 42; Handley JA at 2; Powell JA at 54
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Compensation Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 18531/96 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Duck CCJ
H G Shore (Appellant) COUNSEL : J D Hislop QC/I G B Roberts (Respondent)
SOLICITORS : Palmieri Newcastle (Appellant) Hunt & Hunt Newcastle (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : WORKERS' COMPENSATION - Workers Compensation Act 1987 - s10 - whether two journeys or one - whether single journey - whether periodic journey - whether material increase in risk - whether injury caused was fault of worker - whether error of law ACTS CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Pitt v George Ford Pty Ltd (1980) WCR 130, 131 Minchington v Homfray (1994) 10 NSWCCR 778, 786 Young v Commissioner for Railways (1960) WCR 84 Kerr v NSW Club (1970) 3 NSWR 246 Tallar v K D Welding Co Pty Ltd (1955) WCR 214, 216 Cowie v State Land Tax Department (1966) WCR 175 Stokes v Commissioner for Government Transport (1967) WCR 129, 133 Australian Gas Light Co v Valuer-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126 at 138 Edwards v Barstow [1956] AC 14 at 36 Ex parte Robert John Pty Ltd v Fostars Shoes Pty Ltd (1962) 63 SR (NSW) 260, 272 CASES CITED: The Old Spaghetti Factory v Oughtred (1975) WCR 231 Witherden v Estate of Body (1963) 64 SR (NSW) 48 Reilly v Henderson (1944) WCR 126, 130 Boland v University of New England (1966) WCR 166 Higgs v State Mines Control Authority (1967) 68 SR (NSW) 133 Gillespie Bros Pty Ltd v Maksymczuk (1957) 57 SR (NSW) 610 Scobie v K D Welding Co Pty Ltd (1959) 103 CLR 314 at 322 Tucker v W D & H O Wills (Aust) Ltd (1969) WCR 14 CA Tang v Yu (1994) 10 NSW CCR 240, 248 Davis v Bunn (1936) 56 CLR 246, 260 Government Insurance Office of New South Wales v Fredrichberg (1968) 118 CLR 403, 414 DECISION : Appeal allowed with costs
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