Insurance Australia Limited t/as NRMA Insurance v Koic [2019] NSWSC 1674

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Insurance Australia Limited t/as NRMA Insurance v Koic [2019] NSWSC 1674 Hearing dates: 3 September 2019 Date of orders: 04 December 2019 Decision date: 04 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Administrative Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court orders that:

(1) Leave is granted to extend the time for commencing proceedings up to and including 7 March 2019.

(2) The plaintiff's summons filed 7 March 2019 is dismissed.

(3) The plaintiff is to pay the first defendants' costs on an ordinary basis. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Judicial review – Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) – Review of a certificate of a medical assessor of SIRA – Jurisdictional error – Failure to apply the Permanent Impairment Guidelines when determining causation – Failure to respond to substantial and clearly articulated arguments – Failure to set out lawful reasons – Legal unreasonableness – Whether the first defendant's left hip pathology was caused by the subject accident Legislation Cited: Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), s 44, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 131, 133 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 59.10 Cases Cited: AAI Limited v Fitzpatrick [2015] NSWSC 1108 Alchin v Daley [2009] NSWCA 418 Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Cervantes (2012) 61 MVR 443 Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Francica (2012) 63 MVR 1; [2012] NSWSC 1577 Frost v Kourouche (2014) 86 NSWLR 214 IAG Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance v Sleiman (2017) 82 MVR 1; [2017] NSWSC 1346 Martin v Kelly [2008] NSWSC 577 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 Minister for Immigration v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332; [2013] HCA 18 Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82; 62 ALD 285; [2000] HCA 57 Rodger v De Gelder (2015) 71 MVR 514 s 69 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Trazivuk v Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales [2010] NSWCA 287 Wingfoot Zahed v JAG Limited t/as NRMA Insurance (2016) 75 MVR 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Insurance Australia Limited t/as NRMA Insurance (Plaintiff) Veronica Koic (First Defendant) State Insurance Regulatory Authority of NSW (SIRA) (Second Defendant) Ian Meakin (in his capacity as a medical assessor of SIRA) (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: MA Robinson SC with J Gumbert (Plaintiff) EG Romaniuk SC with EE Grotte (First Defendant)