Trustees for the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Bathurst v Hine [2016] NSWCA 213

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Trustees for the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Bathurst v Hine [2016] NSWCA 213 Hearing dates: 6 November 2015 Decision date: 18 August 2016 Before: Meagher JA at [1]; Leeming JA at [65]; Simpson JA at [66] Decision: 1. Grant the appellant leave to appeal from the orders of Deputy President O'Grady made on 16 April 2015. 2. Appeal dismissed. 3. In accordance with the agreement of the parties, no order as to costs. Catchwords: ESTOPPEL – issue estoppel by consent orders – where finding also made by consent that respondent had "fully recovered" from effects of any psychological injury – where subsequent claim for compensation for permanent impairment – where existence of asserted issue estoppel inconsistent with statutory scheme as to jurisdiction of Workers Compensation Commission – whether consent orders gave rise to issue estoppel for purposes of determining that there was any "medical dispute" as to permanent impairment and as to how such a dispute should be resolved

WORKER'S COMPENSATION – claim to compensation for permanent impairment under s 66 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) – appeal from decision of Presidential member of Workers Compensation Commission remitting claim for medical assessment of degree of permanent impairment as a result of injury – whether findings in same or earlier proceedings between parties binding for purpose of determining claim for permanent impairment – operation of ss 293 and 321 of Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic) Courts Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), s 8(1) Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), Pt 3.4 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 4, 9, 9A, 33, 60, 65, 66, 67 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW), ss 74, 105, 234, 254, 287, 288, 289, 289A, 293, 294, 319, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327, 329, 350, 352, 353, 355, 375 Workers Compensation Commission Rules 2011, r 15.9 Cases Cited: Administration of Papua and New Guinea v Daera Duba [1973] HCA 59; 130 CLR 353 Attorney General for Trinidad and Tobago v Eriché [1893] AC 518 Bindah v Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 264 Blair v Curran [1939] HCA 23; 62 CLR 464 Cachia v Isaacs (1985) 3 NSWLR 366 Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Rayner & Keeler Ltd (No 2) [1967] 1 AC 853 Chamberlain v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [1988] HCA 21; 164 CLR 502 Egri v DRG Australia Ltd (1988) 19 NSWLR 600 Ex parte The Amalgamated Engineering Union (Australian Section); Re Jackson (1937) 38 SR (NSW) 13 Griffiths v Davies [1943] 1 KB 618 Haroun v Rail Corporation New South Wales [2008] NSWCA 192; 7 DDCR 139 Hassan v Spotless Property Cleaning Services Pty Ltd [2015] NSWWCCPD 19 Hoystead v Commissioner of Taxation [1926] AC 155 Isaacs v Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Limited [1958] SR (NSW) 69 Jackson v Goldsmith [1950] HCA 22; 81 CLR 446 Jaffarie v Quality Castings Pty Ltd [2014] NSWWCCPD 79 Jaffarie v Quality Castings Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 335 Kuligowski v Metrobus [2004] HCA 34; 220 CLR 363 Maurice Blackburn Cashman v Brown [2011] HCA 22; 242 CLR 647 Outram v Morewood (1803) 3 East 346; 102 ER 630 Peric v Lee and Ran t/as Pure and Delicious Healthy and Anor [2009] NSWWCCPD 47; (2009) 7 DDCR 215 Somodaj v Australian Iron and Steel Limited [1963] HCA 50; 109 CLR 285 Spratt v Perilya Broken Hill Ltd; Spratt v Rowe [2016] NSWCA 192 Total Steel of Australia Pty Ltd v Waretini [2007] NSWWCCPD 33 WorkCover New South Wales v Evans [2009] NSWWCCPD 95; (2009) 7 DDCR 231 Texts Cited: Spencer Bower and Handley, Res Judicata (4th ed 2009 LexisNexis) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Trustees for the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Bathurst (Applicant) Therese Dayle Hine (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Emmett with D G Saul (Applicant) M Daley (Respondent)