CLOUT INDUSTRIAL PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) V BAIADA POULTRY PTY LTD [2004] NSWCA 89

Reported Decision : 61 NSWLR 111

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : CLOUT INDUSTRIAL PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) V BAIADA POULTRY PTY LTD [2004] NSWCA 89 revised - 16/04/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 March 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 April 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Giles JA at 41; Hodgson JA at 66 DECISION : Appeal dismisssed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : Contribution between tortfeasors - between employer of injured worker and third party - amendments to Workers Compensation Act limit damages recoverable from employer - injury before amendments - proceedings brought against third party - claim for contribution from employer after amendments - and when worker's cause of action against employer statute barred - effect of amendments that no damages would be recoverable from employer - whether contribution pursuant to Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 available - whether s151Z of Workers Compensation Act operated to preclude contribution - held yes and no. Brambles Constructions Pty Ltd v Helmers (1965) 114 CLR 213; Grljak v Trivan Pty Ltd (In Liq) (1994) 35 NSWLR 82; James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v Seltsam Pty Ltd (1988) 196 CLR 53; James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd v Roberts (1999) 47 NSWLR 425; Harvey v R G O'Dell Ltd; Galway (Third Party) [1958] 2 QB 78; CASES CITED : Leonard v Smith (1992) 27 NSWLR 5; Macquarie Pathology Services Pty Ltd v Sullivan (CA, 28 March 1995, unreported); Morgan v Ashmore, Benson, Pease & Co Ltd (1953) 1 WLR 418; Nickels v Parks (1949) SR 124; State of New South Wales v Kennelly [No 2] [2001] NSWCA 472; Unsworth v The Commissioner for Railways (1958) 101 CLR 73. PARTIES : Clout Industrial Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) - Appellant Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40883/03 COUNSEL : G M Watson SC/P N Khandhar - Appellant J A McIntyre SC - Respondent SOLICITORS : Sparke Helmore - Appellant Henry Davis York - Respondent