Secretary, New South Wales Department of Education v Johnson [2019] NSWCA 321

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Secretary, New South Wales Department of Education v Johnson [2019] NSWCA 321 Hearing dates: 31 October 2019 Date of orders: 20 December 2019 Decision date: 20 December 2019 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Emmett AJA at [2]; Simpson AJA at [80] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal be granted. 2. Appeal be dismissed with costs. Catchwords: WORKERS' COMPENSATION – Entitlement to lump sum compensation – Causal relation between injury and incapacity - The extent to which the first respondent's present permanent impairment is the result of the first injury as distinct from the second injury.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Jurisdictional error or error of law on the face of the record – Whether the Appeal Panel of the Workers Compensation Commission of NSW in certifying that the percentage whole person impairment of the first respondent as a result of the first injury was 6% committed jurisdictional error or an error of law on the face of the record. Legislation Cited: Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015 (NSW) Suitors Fund Act 1951 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Baker v Willoughby [1970] AC 467 Busby v Morris [1980] 1 NSWLR 81 Caltex Tanker Co (Aust) Pty Ltd v Robert Kerr [1999] NSWCA 115 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2003] HCA 26; (2003) 77 ALJR 1088 Faulkner v Keffalinos (1970) 45 ALJR 80 Government Insurance Office of NSW v Aboushadi [1999] NSWCA 396; [1999] Aust Torts Reports 81-531 Jefferies v Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW [1997] NSWCA 167 (NSW Court of Appeal, 28 November 1997, unrep) Kooragang Cement Pty Ltd v Bates (1994) 35 NSWLR 452 Migge v Wormald Bros Industries Ltd [1972] 2 NSWLR 29 Migge v Wormald Bros Industries Ltd (1973) 47 ALJR 236 State Government Insurance Commission v Oakley (1990) 10 MVR 570; [1990] Aust Torts Reports 81-003 Sutherland Shire Council v Baltica General Insurance Co Ltd (1996) 39 NSWLR 87 Texts Cited: Digest of Justinian, in Corpus Juris Civilis (Theodor Mommsen & Paul Krueger eds., 1880-95)