Northern Rivers Charity Racing Association v Lloyd & Anor [2002] NSWCA 129

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Northern Rivers Charity Racing Association v Lloyd & Anor [2002] NSWCA 129 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40413/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 03/05/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 May 2002

PARTIES : Northern Rivers Charity Racing Association v Kathleen Agnes Lloyd and Bronwyn Kim Lloyd JUDGMENT OF : Stein JA at 1; Ipp AJA at 2; Gzell J at 57

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Compensation Court LOWER COURT CC 12698/96; CC 39398/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Walker CCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

P Hall QC/ D Priestley (Appellant) COUNSEL : M Joseph SC/ M Gilles (1st Repondent) A J Bartley SC/H T W Bauer (2nd Respondent) Hunt & Hunt (Appellant) SOLICITORS : Hemphill & Co (1st Respondent) McClellands Solicitors (2nd Respondent) CATCHWORDS : WORKERS COMPENSATION - liability for nursing services - whether services were a "cost" to the worker - worker mentally incapacitated - how obligation to pay arises - whether implied contract or quasi-contract or restitutionary obligation - worker the daughter of the provider of services - rebuttable presumption that services rendered without charge - presumption rebutted - interest on services where cost not paid - Workers Compensation Act 1987 s 60(1) and s 61(8), sub-clause 1(a) Schedule 6 Pt 11. D LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 New South Wales Milling Co-operative Limited v Manning (1998) 44 NSWLR 442 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Limited (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Gibbons v Wright (1953-1954) 91 CLR 423 CASES CITED: Re Rhodes (1890) 44 Ch D 94 Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 Taylor v Johnson (1983) 151 CLR 422 Griffiths v Kerkemeyer (1977) 139 CLR 161 Government Insurance Office of New South Wales v Atkinson-Leighton Joint Venture (1981) 146 CLR 206 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.