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Comcare v. Martin

Case No. S142/2016
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

30/11/2015 Federal Court of Australia (Siopis J, Flick J, Murphy J)

[2015] FCAFC 169

Catchwords

Workers compensation – The operation and exclusion in S5A of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) – Causation of injury, disease or aggravation under the Act – Whether injury, disease or aggravation suffered ‘as a result of’ administrative action – Whether administrative action taken ‘in a reasonable manner’

Short particulars

Documents

16/05/2016 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)

27/05/2016 Notice of appeal

20/06/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)

20/06/2016 Chronology (Appellant)

11/07/2016 Written submissions (Respondent)

25/07/2016 Reply 

26/08/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

09/11/2016 Judgment (Judgment summary)