Darren John McCarthy v Patrick Stevedores No. 1 Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 311

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Darren John McCarthy v Patrick Stevedores No. 1 Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 311 Hearing dates: 5 September 2011 Decision date: 27 September 2011 Before: Basten JA at [1] Meagher JA at [11] Handley AJA at [51] Decision: Appeal dismissed with costs. [Note: The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 provide (Rule 36.11) that unless the Court otherwise orders, a judgment or order is taken to be entered when it is recorded in the Court's computerised court record system. Setting aside and variation of judgments or orders is dealt with by Rules 36.15, 36.16, 36.17 and 36.18. Parties should in particular note the time limit of fourteen days in Rule 36.16.] Catchwords: WORKERS COMPENSATION - appeal against decision of Deputy President - limited to decisions in point of law - whether there was a misapplication of s 40 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 - whether there was evidence to support the Deputy President's finding - whether there was a failure to give adequate reasons - whether there was a denial of procedural fairness in making a determination on the papers - no error in point of law. Legislation Cited: Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workers Compensation Act 1926 Cases Cited: Australian Wheat Board v Pantaleo (1984) 3 NSWLR 530 Ayoub v AMP Bank Ltd [2011] NSWCA 263 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Cage Developments Pty Ltd trading as Monaro Mix Specified Concrete v Schubert (1981) 2 NSWLR 227 Fletcher International Exports Pty Ltd v Lott [2010] NSWCA 63 Hancock v East Coast Timber Products Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 11 Hill v Bryant (1974) 2 NSWLR 423 JC Ludowici & Son Ltd v Cutri (1992) 26 NSWLR 580 Johnston v Commissioner for Railways (1973) 128 CLR 632 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles [2001] NSWCA 305; (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Mitchell v Central West Health Service [1997] 14 NSWCCR 526 Singh v Taj (Sydney) Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 330 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 South Western Sydney Area Health Service v Edmonds [2007] NSWCA 16 State Transit Authority of New South Wales v Chemler [2007] NSWCA 249 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Darren John McCarthy (Appellant) Patrick Stevedores No. 1 Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: B McManamey (Appellant) L King SC; M Batten (Respondent) Solicitors: Turner Freeman (Appellant) David Veasey (Respondent) File Number(s): CA 2010/328617 Decision under appeal Citation: McCarthy v Patrick Stevedores No. 1 Pty Limited [2010] NSWWCCPD 96 Date of Decision: 2010-09-08 00:00:00 Before: Deputy President Roche File Number(s): WCC 2010/2085