North Broken Hill Limited, ZC Mines Pty Limited & Pasminco Australia Limited t/as Pasminco Metals-Sulphide Corporation Limited v Vockins [2000] NSWCA 210

Reported Decision : [2000] 20 NSWCCR 459

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : North Broken Hill Limited, ZC Mines Pty Limited & Pasminco Australia Limited t/as Pasminco Metals-Sulphide Corporation Limited v Vockins [2000] NSWCA 210 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40950/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 June 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 August 2000

PARTIES : North Broken Hill Limited, ZC Mines Pty Limited & Pasminco Australia Limited t/as Pasminco Metals-Sulphide Corporation Limited) v Robert Reginald Vockins JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Stein JA at 2; Clarke AJA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Compensation Court LOWER COURT CC 18704/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Bishop J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Appellant - J.D. Hislop QC / P.M. O'Rourke Respondent - B. Ferrari SOLICITORS : Appellant - Bartier Perry Respondent - Buckworth Ready & Chalker CATCHWORDS : Workers Compensation Act - Interpretation and application of s 52A and s 54 - meaning of "discontinuance of payments" LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act CASES CITED: Royal Society of Welvare for Mothers & Babies v Bowers (1999) 18 NSWLR CCR 732 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.

THE SUPREME COURT

OF NEW SOUTH WALES

COURT OF APPEAL

CA 40950/99 CC 18704/97

PRIESTLEY JA STEIN JA CLARKE AJA

Friday, 11 August 2000

NORTH BROKEN HILL LIMITED, ZC MINES PTY LIMITED & PASMINCO AUSTRALIA LIMITED t/as PASMINCO METALS-SULPHIDE CORPORATION LIMITED v VOCKINS

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT - interpretation and application of s 52A and s 54 - meaning of "discontinuance of payments". The employer contended that notice of intention to discontinue payment of compensation could be given although no payment of compensation had yet been made. Held : Bishop J had been right in holding that no notice of intention to discontinue payment could be validly given until payments had in fact been made. ORDERS Appeal dismissed with costs.