NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : BREJWO v PUBLIC TRUSTEE [2002] NSWCA 115 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40349/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 April 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 May 2002
ANN AGATHA BREJWO PARTIES : v PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF NEW SOUTH WALES As Trustee for Mary Brejwo JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1; Stein JA at 23; Heydon JA at 24
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Compensation Court LOWER COURT CC 14250/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Hughes CCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Appellant - B Rayment QC/T Edwards Respondent - J Poulos QC/E Wood/J Kirk SOLICITORS : Appellant - Burgess Foat Newcastle Respondent - Sparke Helmore Newcastle CATCHWORDS : WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT - worker - deemed worker - CONTRACT - commercial relationship - familial situation - Court order - EQUITY - direction by Court to Public Trustee for payments pursuant to Damages (Infants and Persons of Unsound Mind) Act - performance of conditions - equitable personal obligation LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 Zuijs v Wirth Bros Pty Limited (1955) 93 CLR 561 Griffiths v Kerkemeyer (1977) 139 CLR 161 Kars v Kars (1996) 187 CLR 354 CASES CITED: Port Jackson Stevedoring Pty Limited v Salmond & Spraggon (Aust) Pty Limited (1978) 139 CLR 231 The Eurymedon [1975] AC 1 Gill v Gill (1921) 21 SR (NSW) 400 Muschinski v Dodds (1985) 160 CLR 583 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs
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