NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: OCS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD v CHO [2010] NSWCA 85
HEARING DATE(S): 29/03/2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 23 July 2010
JUDGMENT OF: McColl JA at 1; Handley AJA at 2; Sackville AJA at 65
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: APPEAL – competency – amount in issue – quantum appeal – bona fide claim for requisite amount – susceptible of reasonable support – appeal competent. - APPEAL – competency – amount in issue—property or civil right of requisite value – employer's claim to indemnity under Workers Compensation Act s 151Z—civil right – notional pool of damages of requisite value – appeal competent. - DAMAGES—no question of principle.
LEGISLATION CITED: Workers Compensation Act 1987, 151Z(1)(d) District Court Act 1973, s 127(2)
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
A-G v Arthur Ryan Automobiles Ltd [1938] 2 KB 16 CA A-G ex rel Duncan v Andrews [1979] HCA 24, 145 CLR 573 CASES CITED: Cole v The Commonwealth [1961] HCA 87, 106 CLR 653 Dunn v Ross Lamb Motors [1978] 1 NSWLR 26 Grant v Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney [1999] NSWCA 250, 47 NSWLR 263 South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service v Gadiry [2002] NSWCA 161; 54 NSWLR 495
PARTIES: OCS (Australia) Proprietary Limited, trading as Overseas Courier Serivces - Appellant Helen Cho - Respondent
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 2009/298242
COUNSEL: L King SC and J Catsanos - Appellant R A Cavanagh - Respondent
SOLICITORS: Tresscox Lawyers - Appellant Holman Webb Lawyers - Respondent
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
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