Insurance Australia Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance v Yu [2019] NSWSC 400

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Insurance Australia Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance v Yu [2019] NSWSC 400 Hearing dates: 17 May 2018 Decision date: 12 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: 1. Dismiss the summons; 2. Plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – assessment of damages under Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) – adequacy of reasons – whether finding of loss of earning capacity unsupported by medical evidence – whether assessor failed to engage with insurer's argument Legislation Cited: Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), ss 94(4), 94(5), 126 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69 Cases Cited: Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Cervantes [2012] NSWCA 244; 61 MVR 443 Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Kerr (2012) 83 NSWLR 302; [2012] NSWCA 13 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration [2003] HCA 26; 77 ALJR 1088 Kallouf v Middis [2008] NSWCA 61 Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1; [1995] HCA 5 Zahed v IAG Ltd trading as NRMA Insurance [2016] NSWCA 55; 75 MVR 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Insurance Australia Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance (plaintiff) Yuchen Yu (first defendant) State Insurance Regulatory Authority (second defendant) Terence Stern (in his capacity as a Claims Assessor appointed by SIRA) (third defendant) Representation: Counsel: KP Rewell SC (plaintiff) M Neil QC, J de Greenlaw (defendants)