Emad Trolley Pty Ltd v Shigar [2003] NSWCA 231

Reported Decision : 57 NSWLR 636

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Emad Trolley Pty Ltd v Shigar [2003] NSWCA 231 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 May 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 August 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Hodgson JA at 2; McColl JA at 8 DECISION : (1) Leave to appeal granted (2) Apellant to file in the registry of the Court within 48 hours a Notice of Appeal in the form of the draft handed to the Court (3) Appeal allowed (4) The judgment of Certoma ADCJ of 12 July 2002 be set aside (5) The respondent's Statement of Claim be dismissed (6) The respondent pay the appellant's costs of the District Court proceedings (7) The respondent pay the appellant's costs of the appeal and the application for leave to appeal.

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - pleadings - respondent injured in the course of employment by the appellant when he fell from a motor vehicle - whether in the circumstances of the accident the proceedings were caught by the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 ("the Act") with the effect that the respondent was precluded from commencing proceedings because he had not complied with ss 70 and 108 of that Act - whether the fact that the respondent's pleading was framed as a breach of duty of care by his employer meant it avoided the operation of the Act - STATUTORY INTERPRETATION - whether the respondent's proceedings constituted a "claim" with respect to a "motor accident" within the meaning of the Act. - D Motor Accidents Act 1988 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) Road Transport (General) Act 1999 NSW Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Akhrass v Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd [2002] NSWSC 772 Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v GSF Australia Pty Ltd [2003] NSWCA 174 AMP General Insurance v Brett (1999) 27 MVR 492 Balfour Beattie Power Constructions (Australia) Pty Ltd v GIO of NSW (1996) 24 MVR 162 Baker v Rothmans of Pall Mall (Australia) Ltd (1999) 18 NSWCCR 374 Collins v Blantern (1767) 2 Wils 347; (1767) 95 ER 850 Dickinson v The Motor Vehicle Insurance Trust (1987) 163 CLR 500 Hill v Bolt (1992) 28 NSWLR 329 CASES CITED : Itek Graphix Pty Ltd v Elliott (2002) 54 NSWLR 207 Leo N Dunn & Sons Pty Limited v McPhillamy [2000] NSWCA 343 NRMA Insurance Ltd v NSW Grain Corporation (1995) 22 MVR 317 Pender v Power Coal Pty Limited [2002] NSWSC 925 Peter Warren (Fairfield) Pty Limited v McMartin (1996) 24 MVR 235 Prospect County Council v Foster (2001) 33 MVR 228 Salido v Nominal Defendant (1993) 32 NSWLR 524 Secretary, Department of Treasury and Finance v Kelly (2001) 4 VR 595 Woods v Bate (1986) 7 NSWLR 560 Zurich Australian Insurance Limited v CSR Limited (2001) 52 NSWLR 193 PARTIES : Emad Trolley Pty Limited (Appellant) Tarik Shigar (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40627/02 COUNSEL : R C Tonner (Appellant) S P Bliim (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Moray & Agnew (Appellant) Gerard Malouf & Partners (Respondent)