NSW Caselaw
Appeal Outcome: Special leave refused with costs by High Court, 3 September 2010, (S108/2010)
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Fletcher International Exports Pty Ltd v Lott & Anor [2010] NSWCA 63
HEARING DATE(S): 26 March 2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 1 April 2010
JUDGMENT OF: Giles JA at 1; McColl JA at 54; Basten JA at 55
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: WORKERS COMPENSATION - appeal - appeal from Workers Compensation Commission - appeal limited to where aggrieved by decision in point of law - whether failure to grant an oral hearing under s 354 of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 an error in point of law - no error shown - whether employment concerned was a substantial contributing factor to the injury - whether there was a failure to consider employment characteristics - section 9A of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 - no error in point of law - importance of properly framing grounds of appeal - with identification of decision in point of law.
LEGISLATION CITED: Workers Compensation Act 1987; Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998.
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Akora Holdings Pty Ltd v Ljubicic [2008] NSWCA 339; Australian Gas Light Co v Valuer-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126; Badawi v Nexon Asia Pacific Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 324; (2009) 7 DDCR75; Buck v Bavone [1976] HCA 24; 135 CLR 110; Dayton v Coles Supermarkets Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 151; (2001) 22 NSWCCR 46; Health Care Complaints Commission v Karalasingham [2007] NSWCA 267; HIA Insurance Services Pty Ltd v Kostas [2009] NSWCA 292; CASES CITED: Intertan Australia Ltd v Davidson [2000] NSWCA 280; Mercer v ANZ Banking Group [2000] NSWCA 138; (2000) 48 NSWLR 740; Qantas Airways Ltd v Gubbins (1992) 28 NSWLR 26; Sapina v Coles Myer Ltd [2009] NSWCA 71; (2009) 7 DDCR 54; South Western Sydney Area Health Srvice v Edmonds [2007] NSWCA 16; State Transit Authority of New South Wales v Chemler [2007] NSWCA 249; (2007) 5 DDCR 78; Thomas v Airlines of NSW Pty Ltd (1964) 64 SR (NSW) 176; Williams v Bill Williams Pty Ltd (1971) 1 NSWLR 547; Workers Compensation (Dust Diseases) Board of NSW v Smith, Munro and Seymour [2010] NSWCA 19.
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