Wingfoot Australia Partners Pty Ltd and Anor v. Kocak and Ors
Case No.
M52/2013
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
23/10/2012 Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) (Nettle, Osborn JJA, Davies AJA)
Catchwords
Statutes – Whether by virtue of s 68(4) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (“ACA”) a court is bound to accept medical panel opinions – Whether function exercised by medical panel under s 68 ACA is quasi-adjudicative/investigative – Appropriate content of right to reasons under s 68(2).
Administrative Law – Judicial review – Certiorari – Error of law on face of record – Whether failure to give adequate reasons constituted an error of law on the face of the record.
Documents
10/05/2013 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne)
23/05/2013 Notice of appeal
14/06/2013 Written submissions (Appellants)
14/06/2013 Chronology (Appellants)
25/06/2013 Written submissions (Second and Third Respondents)
05/07/2013 Written submissions (First Respondent)
19/07/2013 Reply
14/08/2013 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)
30/10/2013 Judgment (Judgment summary)