Zurich Australian Insurance Limited v Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 1314

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Zurich Australian Insurance Limited v Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 1314

HEARING DATE(S) : 26 November 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 4 December 2009

JUDGMENT OF : Harrison J

DECISION : Application for stay refused. I will hear the parties on the question of costs.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE – Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 - CARS assessment – refusal by assessor to permit cross-examination of claimant at an assessment hearing – whether denial of procedural fairness - application for stay pending challenge to procedure – requirements for grant of stay - whether risk that insurer will not be able to recover damages from claimant if stay not granted – whether insurer likely to succeed – stay refused

Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Compensation Regulation Supreme Court Act 1970

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Ward [2009] NSWCA 264 Kioa v West 1985 HCA 81; (1985) 159 CLR 550 CASES CITED : Ramsay v Australian Postal Corporation [2005] FCA 640; (2005) 147 FCR 39 The Annot Lyle (1886) LR 11 PD 114 at 116 Walton v Gardiner [1993] HCA 77; (1992-1993) 177 CLR 378 Zian Fu v Kiem Dang Investment Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 380

Zurich Australian Insurance Limited (Plaintiff) Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales (First defendant) PARTIES : Alex Bolton (Second defendant) Belinda Cassidy (Third defendant) Teresa Robinson (Fourth defendant)