Strbac v QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited [2010] NSWSC 602

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Strbac v QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited [2010] NSWSC 602 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S) : 13 April 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 8 June 2010

JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Harrison AsJ

(1) The application for judicial review fails. DECISION : (2) The amended summons filed 12 October 2009 is dismissed. (3) The plaintiff is to pay the first defendant's costs as agreed or assessed.

CATCHWORDS : ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — Judicial review — Workers compensation — Assessment of impairment — Appeal against decision of registrar, approved medical specialist and medical appeal panel – Whether error on face of record or jurisdictional error

LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Apthorpe v Repatriation Commission (1987) 77 ALR 42; (1987) 13 ALD 656 Attorney-General for New South Wales v Quin [1990] HCA 21; (1990) 170 CLR 1 Broadbridge v Stammers (1987) 16 FCR 296; (1987) 14 ALD 469; (1987) 76 ALR 339 Bruce v Cole (1998) 45 NSWLR 163 Buck v Bavone (1976) 135 CLR 110 Campbelltown City Council v Vegan [2006] NSWCA 284; (2006) 67 NSWLR 372 Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission [2000] HCA 5; (2000) 199 CLR 135 Craig v State of South Australia [19995] HCA 58; (1995) 184 CLR 163 Cross v McHugh [1974] 1 NSWLR 500 Gurleven v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs (Full Federal Court, 24 February 1984, unreported) Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission (NSW); [2010] HCA 1; (2010) 239 CLR 531 CASES CITED : Martin v Kelly [2008] NSWSC 577 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40; (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Conyngham (1986) 11 FCR 528; (1986) 68 ALR 441 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6; (1996) 185 CLR 259 Abede v Commonwealth of Australia [1999] HCA 14; (1999) 197 CLR 510 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30; (2001) 206 CLR 323 Minister for Industry and Commerce v East West Trading Co Pty Ltd (1986) 10 FCR 264; (1986) 64 ALR 466 Riddell v Secretary, Department of Social Security (1993) 42 FCR 443 Sean Investments Pty Ltd v MacKellar (1981) 38 ALR 363 SZBYR v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2007] HCA 26; [2007] 235 ALR 609 Weal v Bathurst City Council [2000] NSWCA 88; (2000) 111 LGERA 181 Wyong Shire Council v MCC Energy Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 86; (2005) 139 LGERA 296