BUCKLEY v. VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND CORPORATION [2004] NSWSC 513

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : BUCKLEY v. VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND CORPORATION [2004] NSWSC 513 HEARING DATE(S) : Wednesday 9 June 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 June 2004 JURISDICTION: Civil JUDGMENT OF : Greg James J at 1 DECISION : Summons dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : Application for declaration and certiorari - whether administrative Tribunal acted unreasonably or irrationally - nature of test - Tribunal not satisfied psychiatric or psychological disorder "severely disabling" - question of fact - refusal to so find not outside ambit of fact finding function conferred on Tribunal by the Act. LEGISLATION CITED : Victims Support & Rehabilitation Act 1996 Supreme Court Act 1970 Craig v. The State of South Australia (1994) 184 CLR 163 Collector of Customs v. Agfa-Gevaert Limited (1995-96) 186 CLR 38 Hope v. The Council of the City of Bathurst (1980) 144 CLR 1 CASES CITED : Brutus v. Cozens [1973] AC 854 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Limited v. Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 Re Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs ex parte Cohen [2001] HCA 10 Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v. Rajamanikkam & Anor [2002] HCA 32 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v. Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 PARTIES : BUCKLEY, Scott Gregory v. VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND CORPORATION FILE NUMBER(S) : SC No. 13387 of 2003 COUNSEL : Plaintiff: S. Longhurst Defendant: R. Beech-Jones SOLICITORS : Plaintiff: Russell McLelland Brown Defendant: I.V. Knight