NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited v Peter Cowan [2010] NSWSC 933
HEARING DATE(S) : 1 March 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 24 August 2010
JURISDICTION : Common Law Division Administrative Law List
JUDGMENT OF : Hislop J
DECISION : (1) Summons dismissed. (2) The plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs.
CATCHWORDS : ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - motor vehicle accident - damages - assessment by claims assessor - no jurisdictional error or error on face of record.
Supreme Court Act 1970 LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 Civil Liability Act 2003
Haines v Bendall (1991) 172 CLR 60 Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1 Brown v Lewis [2006] NSWCA 87; (2006) 65 NSWLR 587 CASES CITED : State of New South Wales v Moss [2000] NSWCA 133; (2000) 54 NSWLR 536 Manser v Spry (1994) 181 CLR 428 Penrith City Council v Parks [2004] NSWCA 201 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30; (2001) 206 CLR 323 Todorovic v Moussa [2001] NSWCA 419; (2001) 53 NSWLR 463
QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Peter Cowan (1st Defendant) Claims Assessment & Resolution Service, Motor Accidents Authority of NSW (2nd Defendant) The Principal Claims Assessor, Motor Accidents Authority of NSW (3rd Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2009/298052
S. Campbell SC/M. Allars/L. Paraska (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : S. Harben SC/A. Combe (1st Defendant) Submitting appearance (2nd Defendant) Submitting appearance (3rd Defendant)
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