Travers v Caringa Enterprises Ltd [2017] NSWDC 143

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Travers v Caringa Enterprises Ltd [2017] NSWDC 143 Hearing dates: 14, 15 and 23 March 2017 Date of orders: 14 June 2017 Decision date: 14 June 2017 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the plaintiff. (2) The parties are to bring in short minutes of order reflecting the mathematically agreed judgment sum. (3) Defendant pay plaintiff's costs, with liberty to apply (including liberty to apply for interest pursuant to s 151M Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)). Catchwords: WORK INJURY – assessment of damages – past and future economic loss – no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), s 151M Cases Cited: Briggs v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2015] NSWDC 299 Elias & Elias (1977) FLC 90-267 Graham v Baker (1961) 106 CLR 340 Husher v Husher (1999) 197 CLR 138 Kartal & Dutsanee [2016] FAMCA 1158 Leman v HV Operations Pty Limited [2017] NSWDC 113 Mason v Demasi [2009] NSWCA 227 McGlen-McLeod v Galloway [2012] NSWCA 368 Morvatjou v Moradkhani [2013] NSWCA 157 Reid v Brett [2005] VSC 18 Smith v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 256 State of New South Wales v Moss (2000) 54 NSWLR 536 Vosebe Pty Ltd v Bakavgas; Vosebe Pty Ltd v Vapore [2009] NSWCA 117 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Michelle Travers Defendant: Caringa Enterprises Ltd Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr C Hart Defendant: Mr G Levick