NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Jeffrey Guy Baker v Local Government Superannuation Scheme Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1173
HEARING DATE(S) : 11 and 12 October 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 12 October 2007
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1
DECISION : See paragraph [68] of the judgment.
CATCHWORDS : SUPERANNUATION – Total and permanent invalidity benefit – Claim for benefit under superannuation scheme – Review of trustee's decision – Whether decision was one that reasonable person could reach on information available to trustee - Whether trustee's decision void - Whether court should exercise discretion itself or send back to trustee.
LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 Supreme Court Act 1970
Chammas v Harwood Nominees Pty Ltd (1993) 7 ANZ Insurance Cases 61-175 Charlton v Members of the Teachers Tribunal [1981] V.R. 831 Halloran v Harwood Nominees Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 913 Karger v Paul [1984] VR 161 Maciejewski v Telstra Super Pty Ltd [1999] NSWSC 341 Maciejewski v Telstra Super Pty Ltd (1998) 44 NSWLR 601 CASES CITED : McPhail v Doulton (1971) AC 424 Nile v Club Plus Superannuation Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 55 Rapa v Patience (4 April 1985, unreported, BC 8500888) Sayseng v Kellogg Superannuation Pty Limited [2007] NSWSC 583 Sayseng v Kellogg Superannuation Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 945 Telstra Super Pty Ltd v Flegeltaub (2000) 45 ATR 470 Tonkin v Western Mining Corporation Ltd [1998] 10 ANZ
PARTIES : Jeffrey Guy Baker (Plaintiff) Local Government Superannuation Scheme Pty Ltd (Defendant)
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate