Scott v Victims Compensation Fund Corporation [2000] NSWSC 1148

Reported Decision : (2000) 120 A Crim R 150

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Scott v Victims Compensation Fund Corporation [2000] NSWSC 1148 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC NR600011/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 28/11/00;29/11/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 December 2000

PARTIES : Bradley Ian Scott v Victims Compensation Fund Corporation JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J

LOWER COURT Victims Compensation Tribunal JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 95/24/18A1 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT C Braehe JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr D Galpin - for plaintiff Ms N Abadee - for defendant For plaintiff Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre Lismore SOLICITORS : For Defendant I V Knight Crown Solicitor Sydney CATCHWORDS : Victims Compensation - Appeal from determination - Appeal limited to error of law - Restitution Order - Quantification - Criteria to be applied - Failure to have regard to relevant factor - Manifestly unreasonable - Re-determination by Supreme Court Victims Compensation Act, 1987 Part 5 ss 43, 44, 45, 47, 49 LEGISLATION CITED : Victims Compensation Act, 1996 Justices Act, 1902 ss 102(3), 104, 106 Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act, 1970 s 69 Pace v Read [2000] NSWSC 823, unreported 18 August 2000 Carr v Nevill [1999] NSWSC 1263, unreported 17 December, 1999 DPP (NSW) v Sinton [2000] NSWSC 473, unreported 31 May 2000 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 Marbury v Madison (1803) 1 Cranch 137 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v peko Wallsend Limited (1986) 162 CLR 24 Abebe v The Commonwealth (1999) 197 CLR 510 CASES CITED : Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Woo Shan Liang (1986) 185 CLR 259 Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic (1993) 43 FCR 380 Sean Investments Pty Limited v MacKellar (1981) 38 ALR 363 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Limited v Wednesbury Corporation (1948) 1 KB 223 Re W (an infant) (1971) AC 682 Parramatta City Council v Pestell (1972) 128 CLR 305 Bruce v Cole (1998) 45 NSWLR 163 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Coal & Allied Operations Pty Limited v Australian Industrial Relations Commission [2000] HCA 47; [2000] 74 ALJR 1348 DECISION : Decision of Victims Compensation Tribunal quashed; Amount of restitution to be paid determined as nil; Defendant to pay plaintiff's costs