Benton v QBE Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd [2015] NSWCA 101

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Benton v QBE Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd [2015] NSWCA 101 Hearing dates: 7 April 2015 Date of orders: 17 April 2015 Decision date: 17 April 2015 Before: Meagher JA at [1]; Ward JA at [15]; Adamson J at [90] Decision: 1.Leave to appeal is refused. 2.Applicant to pay the respondent's costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: APPEAL – application for leave to appeal – discretionary interlocutory decision – summary dismissal for abuse of process – whether primary judge erred in approaching test for summary dismissal – whether primary judge misapprehended nature of application – whether pleading raised issues different from those determined in prior proceedings Legislation Cited: District Court Act 1973 (NSW) s 127 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 13.4, 14.28 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) ss 151D, 151Z Cases Cited: AB v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWCA 243 Andar Transport Pty Ltd v Brambles Ltd [2004] HCA 28; (2004) 217 CLR 424 Benton v Scott's Refrigerated Freightways [2008] NSWCA 143 Brimson v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 937 Bruce v Odhams Press Limited [1936] 1 KB 697 Calyon v Michailaidis [2009] UKPC 34 Carolan v AMF Bowling Pty Ltd t/as Bennetts Green Bowl [1995] NSWCA 69 Charafeddine v Morgan [2013] NSWDC 7 Collier v Lancer (No 2) [2013] NSWCA 186 Dank v Cronulla Sutherland District Rugby League Football Club Ltd [2014] NSWCA 288 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners [1949] HCA 1; (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 Jaycar Pty Limited v Lombardo [2011] NSWCA 284 Liao v New South Wales; Zhang v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWCA 71 Macatangay v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 272 Micallef v ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 274 Pinson v Lloyds and National Provincial Foreign Bank Limited [1941] 2 KB 72 R v O'Halloran [2000] NSWCCA 528; 159 FLR 260 Reichel v McGrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 142; (2001) 53 NSWLR 198 Secretary of State For Trade and Industry v Bairstow [2003] EWCA Cov 321; [2004] Ch 1 Shanmugaratnam v Strasburger Enterprises (Properties) Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 229 Shaw v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 102 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia [2010] HCA 28; (2010) 241 CLR 118 State Bank of New South Wales v Stenhouse Ltd [1997] Aust Tort Rep 81-423 Tiufino v Warland [2000] NSWCA 110; (2000) 50 NSWLR 104 Warragamba Winery Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales [2010] NSWCA 174 Webster v Lampard [1993] HCA 57; (1993) 177 CLR 598 Williams v Director General of the National Parks & Wildlife Services [2002] NSWCA 176 Young v Hones (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 338 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kenneth Benton (Applicant) QBE Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R Sheldon SC with J Reimer (Applicant) JW Catsanos with AJ Parker (Respondent)