El Tarraf v Linknarf Limited [2004] NSWSC 244

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : El Tarraf v Linknarf Limited [2004] NSWSC 244 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 December 2003, 20, 27 February 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 April 2004 JURISDICTION: Common Law Division JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J DECISION : (1) Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $122,680.65. (2) Order that the defendant pay fifty percent of the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings before this Court, excluding the plaintiff's costs for the time lost, the subject of order 3, and that the defendant also pay fifty percent of the plaintiff's costs of the hearing before Newman AJ. (3) Order that the plaintiff pay the defendant's costs thrown away by reason of the disruptions of the hearing before me on 10, 12, 13 and 14 February 2003.

Workers' Compensation Act, ss 63, 151B, 151Z LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Compensation Act, ss 50, 130 Supreme Court Act, s 76 Supreme Court Rules, Pt 52A rr 4,33 Berrico Estate Pty Limited v Andersen [2003] NSWCA 23 Connors v Simplot Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 205 CASES CITED : Danby v BBC Hardware Limited [2001] NSWCA 89 El Tarraf v Linknarf [2003] NSWSC 1144 Quach v Mustafa (unreported) NSWCA, 15 June 1995 Tabvena v Oag [2002] NSWCA 61 PARTIES : Joe El Tarraf (Plaintiff) Linknarf Limited (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20162/99 A.J. Bartley SC (Plaintiff) 19.12.03 COUNSEL : K. Rewell SC/C. Thompson (Plaintiff) 20.2.04 C. Hoeben SC/C. Thompson (Plaintiff) 27.2.04 P. Deakin QC/G. Nolan (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Carroll & O'Dea (Plaintiff) Sparke Helmore (Sydney (Defendant)