Amaca Pty Ltd v Phillips [2014] NSWCA 249

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Amaca Pty Ltd v Phillips [2014] NSWCA 249 Hearing dates: 16 July 2014 Decision date: 31 July 2014 Before: Barrett JA at [1]; Ward JA at [2]; Tobias AJA at [71] Decision: 1. Appeal and cross-appeal dismissed. 2. Appellant to pay respondent's costs of the appeal. 3. No order as to costs of the cross-appeal. [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: DAMAGES - Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 (NSW) s 15B - compensation for gratuitous care for dependents - whether trial judge erred calculating damages at hourly statutory rate provided by plaintiff as opposed to commercial value of those services DAMAGES - Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 (NSW) s 15B - compensation for gratuitous care for dependents - whether trial judge erred in determining the life expectancy of plaintiff's wife or number of hours gratuitous care which should be compensated - whether there this was a decision in point of law allowing intervention Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Civil Liability Amendment Bill 2006 (NSW) Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 (NSW) Lord Campbell's Act Cases Cited: Amaca v Novek [2009] NSWCA 50; (2009) 9 DDCR 199; [2009] Aust Torts Reports 82-001 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Berkeley Challenge Pty Limited v Howarth [2013] NSWCA 370 Burnicle v Cutelli [1982] 2 NSWLR 26 CSR Ltd v Amaca Ltd [2009] NSWCA 338 CSR Ltd v Eddy [2005] HCA 64; (2005) 226 CLR 1 Cummings v Canberra Theatre Trust [1980] FCA 209 ECS Group (Australia) Pty Ltd v Hobby [2014] NSWCA 193 Griffiths v Kerkemeyer [1977] HCA 45; (1977) 139 CLR 161 Hodges v Frost [1984] FCA 98; (1984) 53 ALR 373 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 Kendrick v Bluescope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1288 Nguyen v Nguyen [1990] HCA 9; (1990) 169 CLR 245 K J Phillips v Amaca Pty Ltd [2014] NSWDDT 2 State of New South Wales v Perez [2013] NSWCA 149; (2013) 84 NSWLR 570 Sullivan v Gordon [1999] NSWCA 338; (1999) 47 NSWLR 319 Van Gervan v Fenton [1992] HCA 54; (1992) 175 CLR 327 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Amaca Pty Ltd (ACN 000 035 512) (under NSW Administered Winding Up) (Appellant/Cross Respondent) Kevin John Phillips (Respondent/Cross Appellant) Representation: Counsel: TGR Parker SC with JC Sheller (Appellant/Cross Respondent) DJ Russell SC with N Ghabar (Respondent/Cross Appellant) Solicitors: DLA Piper (Appellant/Cross Respondent) Slater & Gordon (Respondent/Cross Appellant) File Number(s): 2014/153106 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Citation: K J Phillips v Amaca Pty Ltd [2014] NSWDDT 2 Date of Decision: 2014-05-13 00:00:00 Before: Kearns J File Number(s): DDT367/2013