NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Bulmer v Hitachi Construction Machinery (Australia) Pty Limited [2016] NSWDC 284 Hearing dates: 26-27 July 2016 Date of orders: 27 July 2016 Decision date: 27 July 2016 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Neilson DCJ Decision: Award for the plaintiff for $1,373 per week from 19 July 2014 to 9 December 2014
Award for $475.70 per week (as indexed) from 10 July 2014 to-date and continuing pursuant to s11(2) Workers Compensation Act 1926 as preserved by Sch 6 Pt18 Cl 1 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, for a worker with two dependent children
Defendant to pay the plaintiff's s 60 expenses.
Defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs
Liberty to the plaintiff to apply on 5 days' notice concerning any future proposed surgery Catchwords: WORKERS COMPENSATION – Coal miner – Claim for continuing weekly payments – No dispute about injury – Ongoing incapacity found – Whether plaintiff had ongoing mutuality to sustain an award for partial incapacity deemed to be total under the Workers Compensation Act 1926 s 11(2) Legislation Cited: Workers Compensation Act 1926 Workers Compensation Act 1987 Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Bulmer (Plaintiff) Hitachi Construction Machinery (Australia) Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Benson (Plaintiff) Mr B Odling (Defendant)
Solicitors: Turner Freeman (Plaintiff) Turks Legal (Defendant) File Number(s): RJ373/15 Publication restriction: No
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