Anthony Muilwyk v Victims Compensation Fund [2005] NSWSC 153

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Anthony Muilwyk v Victims Compensation Fund [2005] NSWSC 153

HEARING DATE(S) : 03/02/2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 8 March 2005

JUDGMENT OF : Howie J at 1

DECISION : (a) The record of the proceedings of the Tribunal in respect of the Determination dismissing the claim for compensation for shock be removed into this Court (b) The determination of the Tribunal of 17 August 2001 dismissing the claim for compensation for shock be quashed (c) The matter be remitted to the Tribunal to be heard and determined according to law (d) The defendant pay the plaintiff's costs of these proceedings.

CATCHWORDS : Proceedings for Judicial review - Victims Compensation Tribunal - refusal of claim for shock - error of law in rejection of material without giving adequate reasons - erroneous reasoning without supporting evidence - unauthorised limit placed upon type of material that could support the claim - determination quashed

NSW Supreme Court Act 1970 - s 69 LEGISLATION CITED : Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996 - ss 36, 38, 39, Clause 5 of Schedule 1 Evidence Act 1995 - s 144

Macksville & District Hospital v Mayze (1987) 10 NSWLR 708 Victims Compensation Fund Corp v Ainsworth (2001) 51 NSWLR 468 CASES CITED : Victims Compensation Fund Corp v Crowley [2000] NSWCA 378 Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic (1993) 43 FCR 287

PARTIES : Anthony Muilwyk v Victims Compensation Fund

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11367/2004

A. Capelin - Plaintiff COUNSEL : R. Beech-Jones - Defendant

Russell McLelland Brown - Plaintiff SOLICITORS : I.V. Knight - Defendant