STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES (AMBULANCE SERVICE OF NSW) v McKITTRICK [2009] NSWCA 63

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES (AMBULANCE SERVICE OF NSW) v McKITTRICK [2009] NSWCA 63 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 20 March 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 30 March 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Basten JA at 1

(1) Grant the State of New South Wales leave to appeal.

DECISION: (2) Allow the appeal and set aside order 7 made in the District Court on 12 June 2008.

(3) Order that the Respondent pay the Appellant's costs of the proceedings in this Court.

CATCHWORDS: APPEAL – interlocutory practice and procedure in District Court – provision of particulars – ground of appeal previously addressed - PROCEDURE – particulars – order for further and better particulars in s 151Z(1)(d) indemnification proceedings – applicability of r 15.12 – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 15.12 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION – nature of indemnification proceedings – burden of proving damages payable by putative tortfeasor – Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), s 151Z(1)(d)

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 15.12, 21.2, 21.8, 22.1 LEGISLATION CITED: Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), s 151Z Workmen's Compensation Act 1906 (UK), s 6

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Newcastle Formwork Constructions Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 144 Currie v Dempsey (1967) 69 SR (NSW) 116 Dare v Pulham [1982] HCA 70; 148 CLR 658 Esso Australia Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority [2000] VSCA 74; 1 VR 246 CASES CITED: In re the Will of FB Gilbert (deceased) (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 318 Kurnell Passenger & Transport Service Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council [2009] NSWCA 59 Teuma v CP & PK Judd Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 166 Tickle Industries Pty Ltd v Hann [1974] HCA 5; 130 CLR 321 Victorian WorkCover Authority v Esso Australia Ltd [2001] HCA 53; 207 CLR 520 Westpac Banking Corporation v Tomassian (1993) 32 NSWLR 207