EBB v FAST FIX STEEL FIXING PTY LTD [2007] NSWCA 236

Appeal Outcome: Special leave application refused with costs by the High Court - 7 March 2008

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: EBB v FAST FIX STEEL FIXING PTY LTD [2007] NSWCA 236 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 10 August 2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 6 September 2007

JUDGMENT OF: Santow JA at 1; Basten JA at 2; Hislop J at 60

DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS: APPEAL – leave required to reopen earlier decision of Court – factors relevant to grant of leave - WORKERS COMPENSATION – deemed worker – independent contractor – recovery of common law damages by deemed worker – application of restrictions on recovery of damages – Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Part 5 – Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) Schedule 1 and Chapter 7 - Words and Phrases – "deemed worker" – "for the purposes of the Act"

Workers' Compensation Act 1926 (NSW), ss 6, 63, 65, Part VIII LEGISLATION CITED: Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 2A, 3, 4, 15, 16, 17, 149, 150, 151, 151A, 151B, 151C, 151D, 151E, 151F, Part 5; Schedule 1, cl 1, Schedule 6, Pt 14, cl 1 Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 (WA), s 175, Part X Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW), ss 4, 15, 16, 17, 250, 254, Schedule 1, cls 1A, 2, 3, 3(5), 4(3), 5(2), 8(2), 13(2), Chapter 7, Division 6

Clutha Developments Pty Ltd v Barry (1989) 18 NSWLR 86 Hewitt v Benale Pty Ltd; WMC Resources Ltd v Koljibabic (2002) 27 WAR 91 Hobbs v Costain Australia Ltd (1995) 11 NSWCCR 56 Klein v Minister for Education [2007] HCA 2; (2007) 81 ALJR 582 Kotevski v Esselte Australia Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 126 Minister for Education v Klein [2005] WASCA 185 CASES CITED: National Transport Insurance Ltd v Chalker [2005] NSWCA 62 OP Industries Pty Ltd v MMI Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd (1998) 17 NSWCCR 193 Proctor v Jetway Aviation Pty Ltd [1984] 1 NSWLR 166 Richardson v Mayer (No. 2) (1964) 64 SRNSW 502 Shaw v Bindaree Beef Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 125 The Sydney Turf Club v Crowley (1972) 126 CLR 420 University of New England v Larsen-Walsh [2000] NSWCA 363 Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils Group Apprentices v Statrona Pty Ltd; Commercial Union Workers' Compensation NSW Ltd v Hannaford (unrep, NSWCA, Mahoney AP, Meagher and Sheller JJA, 29 August 1995)