Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer v Allmen Engineering Projects Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1582

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer v Allmen Engineering Projects Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1582 Hearing dates: 7 December 2019 Date of orders: 15 November 2019 Decision date: 15 November 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: (1) Judgment for the plaintiff against the defendant in the sum of $382,565.25 in respect of interest; (2) The defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Statutory indemnity – claim for interest – costs - Workers Compensation Act – whether s 100 Civil Procedure Act permits judgment for interest alone – whether Act requires principal judgment which may "include" interest Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) District Court Act 1973 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 6.2(8), 6.12 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) 151Z(d); Cases Cited: Advertising Marketing Group Pty Ltd v Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (unreported, Supreme court of New South Wales 31 March 2008) El-Mir & 1 Or v Risk [2005] NSWSCA 260 Grima v RFI (Aust.) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 14 Howard Rotavator Pty Ltd v Wilson (1987) 8 NSWLR 498 Kwanchi Pty Ltd v Kocisis (1986) 40 NSWLR 270 McDermitt v Black (1940) 63 CLR 161; [1940] HCA 4 Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd v Birketu Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 694. State of New South Wales (Government Cleaning Services) v Cooper (2000) 49 NSWLR 221; [2000] NSWCA 148 Stroud v O'Connor [2016] NSWSC 629 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Workers' Compensation Nominal Insurer (Plaintiff) Allmen Engineering Projects Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr M J Walsh SC for the Plaintiff Mr R Perla for the Defendant