Jubb v Insurance Australia Limited t/as NRMA Insurance [2015] NSWSC 1617

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jubb v Insurance Australia Limited t/as NRMA Insurance [2015] NSWSC 1617 Hearing dates: 07 September 2015 Date of orders: 03 November 2015 Decision date: 03 November 2015 Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court orders that:

(1) The amended summons filed 7 September 2015 is dismissed.

(2) Costs are reserved.

(3) Liberty to apply. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) – decision of a Proper Officer – referral for further medical assessment - whether the Proper Officer properly determined whether additional information was capable of having a material effect on the outcome of the previous medical assessment – further assessment by a medical assessor - whether procedural fairness denied Legislation Cited: MAA Medical Assessment Guidelines, 1 October 2008 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) Motor Accidents Compensation Regulation 2005 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Cases Cited: Doyle v Glass [2010] NSWSC 94, (2010) 55 MVR 156 Frost v Karouche (2014) 86 NSWLR 214; [2014] NSWCA 39 Henderson v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd (2013) 66 MVR 69; [2013] NSWCA 480 Kioa v West [1985] HCA 81; (1985) 159 CLR 550 Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission (NSW) (2010) 239 CLR 531; [2010] HCA 1 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6; (1996) 185 CLR 259 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; ex parte Lam [2003] HCA 6, (2003) 214 CLR 1 QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd v Miller (2013) 67 MVR 322; [2013] NSWCA 442 Rodger v De Gelder [2011] NSWCA 97; [2011] 80 NSWLR 594 Rodger v De Gelder (2015) 71 MVR 514; [2015] NSWCA 211 SZBEL v Minister for Immigration and Indigenous Affairs (2006) 228 CLR 152; [2006] HCA 63 Woolworths Ltd v Pallas Newco Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 422; (2004) 61 NSWLR 707 Category: Principal judgment Parties: David Jubb (Plaintiff) Insurance Australia Limited t/as NRMA Insurance (First Defendant) Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales (Second Defendant) Jane Probert in her capacity as Proper Officer, Medical Assessment Service of the Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales (Third Defendant) Angelo Virgona in his capacity as a Medical Assessor, Medical Assessment Service of the Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales (Fourth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Beckett & G Gemmell (Plaintiff) M Robinson SC & A Poljak (First Defendant)