CSR Limited v Busbridge [2015] NSWSC 1268

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: CSR Limited v Busbridge [2015] NSWSC 1268 Hearing dates: 15 July 2015 Date of orders: 10 September 2015 Decision date: 10 September 2015 Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) The summons is dismissed. (2) The plaintiff to pay the first defendant's costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: CIVIL LAW – workers compensation – merits review of work capacity decision – calculation of post-injury earnings – jurisdictional error – where plaintiff put different basis for calculation before the decision maker – whether delegate erred by failing to consider alternative basis not put by either party – procedural fairness – whether delegate denied plaintiff opportunity to put alternative case Legislation Cited: Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1988 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allesch v Maunz [2000] HCA 40; 203 CLR 172 Ansett v Minister (1987) 72 ALR 469 Asiamet (No 1) v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [2003] FCA 35; 196 ALR 692 Bojko v ICM Property Service Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 175 Campbelltown City Council v Vegan [2006] NSWCA 284; 67 NSWLR 372 Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic Enterprises Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 456; 43 FCR 280 Hoffmann-La Roche v Trade Secretary [1975] AC 295 Jamal v Director of Public Prosecutions [2013] NSWCA 355 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6; 185 CLR 259 Muralidharan v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs (1996) 136 ALR 84 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and Anor; Ex Parte Miah [2001] HCA 22; 206 CLR 57 Rodger v De Gelder [2015] NSWCA 211 Sinnathamby v Minister for Immigration (1986) 86 ALR 502 SZCBT v Minister for Immigration and Multicultrual Affairs [2007] FCA 9 Texts Cited: Guidelines for Work Capacity Decision, Internal Reviews by Insurers and Merit Reviews by the Authority Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff – CSR Limited First Defendant – Stephen Busbridge Second Defendant – WorkCover Authority of NSW Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff - C Jackson First Defendant – P R Stockley