Crean v Burrangong Pet Food Pty Limited [2007] NSWSC 839

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Crean v Burrangong Pet Food Pty Limited [2007] NSWSC 839

HEARING DATE(S) : 9 and 13 July 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 3 August 2007

JURISDICTION : Civil

JUDGMENT OF : McClellan CJatCL

DECISION : 1. Summons dismissed; 2. Plaintiff to pay the first defendant's costs.

CATCHWORDS : ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – workers compensation – assessment of whole body impairment – deductions for previous injury – appeal against decision of approved medical specialist to Medical Appeal Panel – role and function of the Medical Appeal Panel under s328 – whether procedural fairness was denied – whether Panel failed to give sufficient reasons

LEGISLATION CITED : Workers' Compensation Act 1987 Workplace Injury Management and Workers' Compensation Act 1998

Campbelltown City Council v Vegan [2004] NSWSC 1129 Campbelltown City Council v Vegan [2006] 235 ALR 342; NSWCA 284 Commissioner for the Australian Capital Territory Revenue v Alphaone Pty Ltd (1994) 49 FCR 576 Crisp v Chapman (1994) NSWCCR 492 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 CASES CITED : Lukacic v Vickarini Pty Ltd & Anor [2007] NSWSC 530 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and IndigenousAffairs: ex parte Palme (2003) 216 CLR 212 Skillen v MKT Removals Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 608 Smith v Liquip Services Pty Ltd & Ors [2007] NSWSC 687 SZBEL v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2006) 81 ALJR 515 Thompson v WorkCover Queensland [2002] QSC 119

Paul Anthony Crean (Pltf) PARTIES : Burrangong Pet Foods (1D) Registrar of the Workers Compensation Commission (2D) Medical Appeal Panel Workers Compensation Commission (3D)