IAG Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance v Tarabay [2018] NSWSC 1836

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: IAG Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance v Tarabay [2018] NSWSC 1836 Hearing dates: 29 June 2018 Date of orders: 06 December 2018 Decision date: 06 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Garling J Decision: (1) Summons dated 16 March 2018 is dismissed. (2) Order the plaintiff to pay the first defendant's costs. (3) No order as to costs of the second and third defendants. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – motor accident – whether decision of Medical Assessors Review Panel ought be set aside on the basis of error of law on the face of the record or jurisdictional error – proper construction of s 63 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) and applicable Guidelines – whether examination conducted by two of the three assessors who comprised the Review Panel invalid under s 63 of the Act – whether reasons given were inadequate – whether conclusions of Review Panel were legally unreasonable – Summons dismissed Legislation Cited: Interpretation Act 1987 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 Supreme Court Act 1970 Cases Cited: Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 Boyce v Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2018] NSWCA 22; (2018) 83 MVR 403 Bradley v Insurance Australia Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance [2015] NSWSC 950; (2015) 71 MVR 496 Mackenzie v Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd (No. 2) [2015] NSWSC 1320; (2015) 72 MVR 440 McKee v Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd [2008] NSWCA 163; (2008) 71 NSWLR 609 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18; (2013) 249 CLR 332 Wingfoot Australia Partners Pty Ltd v Kocak [2013] HCA 43; (2013) 252 CLR 480 Wolarczuk v NRMA Insurance Australia Limited [2017] NSWSC 1691; (2017) 82 MVR 504 Zahed v IAG Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance [2016] NSWCA 55; (2016) 75 MVR 1 Texts Cited: Medical Assessment Guidelines Motor Accident Guidelines Motor Accidents Permanent Impairment Guidelines Category: Principal judgment Parties: IAG Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance (P) Donna Lee Tarabay (D1) State Insurance Regulatory Authority (D2) (Submitting) Wayne Mason, Peter Anderson, Angelo Virgona – Medical Assessors Review Panel (Submitting) Representation: Counsel: M A Robinson SC / A Combe (P) G D Parker SC (D)