NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Kotevski v Esselte Australia P/L [2005] NSWCA 126
HEARING DATE(S): Tuesday 12 April, 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 12 April 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Tobias JA at 1; Young CJ in Eq at 34; Brownie AJA at 35
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS: WORKERS COMPENSATION - Limitation period - Whether s 15 of Workers Compensation Act applied to deem date of employee's injury for purpose of limitation provision - Scope of words "for the purposes of this Act" in s 15(1)(a) - Whether s 15 relevant to common law rights or only relevant for purposes of determining liability for statutory compensation - Workers Compensation Act 1987 ss 15, 16, 17, 151D(2)
Workers Compensation Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED: Workplace Injury Management Act and Workers Compensation Act 1998
Hobbs v Costain Australia Limited (1995) 11 NSWCCR 56 University of New England v Larsen-Walsh [2000] NSWCA 363 CASES CITED: OP Industries Pty Limited v MMI Workers Compensation (NSW) Limited (1998) 17 NSWCCR 193 National Transport Insurance Limited v Chalker [2005] NSWCA 62
Boris Kotevski PARTIES: Esselte Australia Pty Limited
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40231/04
A: J E Rowe / J A Darvall COUNSEL: R: W Kearns SC
A: Markahm Geikie Farrugia, Liverpool SOLICITORS: R: Hicksons, Sydney
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 6404/02
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Cooper DCJ
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40231/04 DC 231/01
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