Trajkovski v Ken's Painting & Decorating Services Pty Limited & anor [2002] NSWSC 568

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Trajkovski v Ken's Painting & Decorating Services Pty Limited & anor [2002] NSWSC 568 revised - 13/03/2003 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20107/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 February - 1 March 2002, 27 June & 11 September 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 September 2002

Jordan Trajkovski (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Ken's Painting & Decorating Services Pty Limited (1st Defendant) National Hire Pty Limited (2nd Defendant) Lynden Constructions Pty Limited (Cross-Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J

C Evatt / M Rollinson (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : L King SC / M Jenkins (1st Defendant) W Fitzsimmons / J Ryan (2nd Defendant) R Cavanagh (Cross-Defendant) Carters Law Firm (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : William K Chambers (1st Defendant) Moray & Agnew (2nd Defendant) Henry Davis York (Cross-Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Assessment of damages for personal injury. LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987, Part 5, ss 151B, 151K, 151Z Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 State Rail Authority of NSW v Weigold (1991) NSWLR 500 Grey v Simpson (unreported - Court of Appeal - 3 April 1978) CASES CITED : Giorginis v Kastrati (1988) 49 SASR 339 McIntosh v Williams [1976] 2 NSWLR 237 Brear v James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd [2000] NSWCA 352, 50 NSWLR 388 Van Gerwan v Fenton (1992) 175 CLR 327 DECISION : See para 73.