ADCO Constructions Pty Ltd v. Goudappel and Anor
Case No.
S201/2013
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
29/04/2013 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal) (Bathurst CJ, Beazley P, Basten JA)
Catchwords
Statutes – Interpretation – Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) (“WCA”), s 66 – First respondent suffered injury in course of employment – Assessed as having a degree of whole person impairment of 6% – Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012 (NSW), Schedule 2 amended WCA s 66 – New s 66 provided that no compensation payable unless impairment was greater than 10% – Schedule 12 inserted Pt 19H into Schedule 6 WCA which provided that amendments extend to claims for compensation made before commencement of the amendment – Whether first respondent entitled to compensation.
Documents
11/10/2013 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
23/10/2013 Notice of appeal
15/11/2013 Written submissions (Appellant)
15/11/2013 Chronology (Appellant)
02/12/2013 Written submissions (Second Respondent)
10/12/2013 Written submissions (First Respondent)
18/12/2013 Reply
01/04/2014 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
16/05/2014 Judgment (Judgment summary)