Pham v NRMA Insurance Limited [2015] NSWSC 1205

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Pham v NRMA Insurance Limited [2015] NSWSC 1205 Hearing dates: 02 June 2015 Date of orders: 26 August 2015 Decision date: 26 August 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court orders that:

(1) The summons filed 12 December 2014 is dismissed.

(2) The plaintiff is to pay the first defendant's costs on an ordinary basis as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) – decision of a medical review panel – determination that consequent psychiatric injuries were not caused by motor vehicle accident - whether review panel applied the correct test for causation – whether review panel misapplied Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Gonzales [2013] NSWSC 362 Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Cases Cited: AAI Limited v Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales [2015] NSWSC 912 Ackling v QBE Insurance (Aust) Ltd (2009) 75 NSWLR 482; [2009] NSWSC 881 Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Gonzales (2013) 65 MVR 286; [2013] NSWSC 362 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6; 185 CLR 259 Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales v Mills (2010) 78 NSWLR 125; [2010] NSWCA 82 Owen v Motor Accidents Authority (NSW) (2012) 61 MVR 245; [2012] NSWSC 650 Peet v NRMA Insurance [2015] NSWSC 558 Wallace v Kam (2013) 250 CLR 375; [2013] HCA 19 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jenny Pham (Plaintiff) NRMA Insurance Limited ABN 11000016722 (First Defendant) Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales t/a Motor Accidents Authority (Second Defendant) A Review Panel appointed by the Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales constituted by Assessors Lewin, Mason and Parsonage (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: E Romaniuk SC & E Grotte (Plaintiff) A Poljak (First Defendant)