MANNING v NEW SOUTH WALES SUGAR MILLING CO-OPERATIVE LTD [2003] NSWCA 230

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : MANNING v NEW SOUTH WALES SUGAR MILLING CO-OPERATIVE LTD [2003] NSWCA 230 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 August 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 August 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Sheller JA at 2; Foster AJA at 26 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : Workers Compensation - Compensation payable on death - Definition of "injury" - Workers' Compensation Act 1987 ss4, 15, Schedule 6 Part 3 - Workers' Compensation Act 1926 Workers' Compensation Act 1926 LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1989 Alto Ford Pty Ltd v Antaw (1999) 18 NSWCCR 246 Bohanna & Appleton t/as Anscot Partnership v Bohanna (1996) 13 NSWCCR 724 Flaherty v Girgis (1987) 162 CLR 574 GIO Workers Compensation (New South Wales) Ltd v GIO General Limited & Anor (1995) 12 NSWCCR 187 CASES CITED : Hume Steel Ltd v Peart (1947) 75 CLR 242 R v Reynhouldt (1962) 107 CLR 381 Slazengers (Australia) Pty Ltd v Burnett [1951] AC 13 The Commonwealth v Hornsby (1960) 103 CLR 588 Zickar v MGH Plastic Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 187 CLR 310 PARTIES : Barbara Ruth Manning - Appellant NSW Sugar Milling Co-Operative Ltd - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40616/02 JD Hislop QC - Appellant COUNSEL : JA McIntyre SC - Respondent (Corporate Management Services) GB Beauchamp/MJ Gollan - Respondent (Allianz Australia Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd) Lee Sames Egan - Appellant SOLICITORS : Hunt & Hunt - Respondent (Corporate Management Services) Dexter Healey - Respondent (Allianz Australia Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd)