SIMEON WINES t/as BURONGA HILL WINERY v BOBOS [2004] NSWCA 342

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : SIMEON WINES t/as BURONGA HILL WINERY v BOBOS [2004] NSWCA 342 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 September 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 September 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Santow JA at 31; Young CJ in Eq at 32 DECISION : Application for leave to appeal refused with costs.

CATCHWORDS : WORKERS COMPENSATION - recovery under s26 and s27 Workers Compensation Act 1987 - whether worker's membership of Bandidos Bikie Gang was a 'condition' for the purposes of s10(1D) - ejusden generis rule - casual relationship between injury and death in case of suicide - whether worker's suicide was the consequence of depressive illness rather than free will Compensation Court Repeal (Transitional) Regulation 2003 LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1988 Azzopardi vTasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Chuch v Dugdale & Adams Ltd (1929) 22 BWCC 444 Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v Lynch [1975] AC 653 CASES CITED : Hodlen Pty Ltd v Walsh (200) 19 NSWCCR 629 March v E & MH Stramare Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Marriott v Maltby Main Colliery Co Ltd (1920) 13 BWCC 353 R v Edmundson (1859) 28 LJMC 213 Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v International Transport Workers Federation [1983] 1 AC 366 PARTIES : Simeon Wines t/as Buronga Hill Winery - Claimant Rhonda Leslie Bobos - Opponent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41205/03 COUNSEL : S G Campbell SC/P R Stockley - Claimant H N Kelly SC/S Moffett - Opponent SOLICITORS : Church & Grace - Claimant J N Zigouras & Co - Opponent