Transport Accident Commission (Vic) v Kaddour [2019] NSWSC 1738

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Transport Accident Commission (Vic) v Kaddour [2019] NSWSC 1738 Hearing dates: 5 December 2019 Date of orders: 05 December 2019 Decision date: 06 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Basten J Decision: (1) Dismiss the amended summons filed by the Transport Accident Commission of Victoria on 3 July 2019.

(2) Order that the Transport Accident Commission of Victoria pay the costs of the first defendant on the usual basis and the costs of the other defendants on a submitting basis. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – procedural fairness – duty to obtain documents – motor accident – medical dispute – determination of Review Panel under Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) – parties requested to supply further documents in four categories – no documents provided in three categories – other documents not available to parties – whether reviewable error in Panel determining dispute without further material –whether procedure unfair to insurer – whether non-compliance with Medical Assessment Guidelines – legal status of Guidelines PROCEDURE – civil – judicial review – adequacy of pleading – specifying grounds – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 59.4(c) Legislation Cited: Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), ss 44, 58, 60, 61, 63, 69, 94, 100, 131, 132; Pt 4.4, Div 2

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 59.4, 59.10 Cases Cited: Ali v AAI Ltd [2016] NSWCA 110; 175 MVR 502 Finance Facilities Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1971) 127 CLR 106; [1971] HCA 12 Hot Holdings Pty Ltd v Creasy (1996) 185 CLR 149; [1996] HCA 44 Julius v Bishop of Oxford (1880) 5 App Cas 214 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1; [2003] HCA 6 Ryan v Watkins [2005] NSWCA 426 Trazivuk v Motor Accidents Authority (NSW) [2010] NSWCA 287; 57 MVR 9 Wingfoot Australia Partners Pty Ltd v Kocak (2013) 252 CLR 480; [2013] HCA 43 Texts Cited: G Weeks, Soft Law and Public Authorities – Remedies and Reform (2016, Hart Publishing); M Aronson, M Groves and G Weeks, Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Government Liability (6th ed, 2017, Law Book Co), Category: Principal judgment Parties: Transport Accident Commission of Victoria (Plaintiff) Rania Kaddour (First Defendant) Dr Wayne Mason (Second Defendant) Dr Angelo Virgona (Third Defendant) Dr Peter Wallace Anderson (Fourth Defendant) State Insurance Regulatory Authority (Fifth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Turnbull SC (Plaintiff) Mr M Finnane QC/Mr E P Anderson (First Defendant)