Haynes v Haynes [2002] NSWCC 28

Haynes v Haynes [2002] NSWCC 28

The pending weekly payments application filed by Dayne Francis Haynes was an existing claim before the Court, and the disputed question whether he was a worker within the meaning of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 was an issue in that existing claim matter. The employer's struck-out application to reconsider the earlier award concerned the same issue and was relied upon in relation to the existing claim. Accordingly, the Court had jurisdiction to restore the employer's application to the list and to have it heard with the pending weekly payments matter.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
06 May 2002
Procedural Posture
Workers Compensation Proceedings / Ex Tempore Judgment on Motion to Restore an Application Struck Out Under Pt 10 R 4 and to Have It Heard With a Pending Weekly Payments Application
Outcome
Application to restore to the list granted; employer ordered to pay Dayne Francis Haynes's costs.
Legal Topics
['existing Claim Matter' 'restoration to List' 'application Struck Out Under Pt 10 R 4' 'reconsideration of Award' 'worker Status' 'estoppel' 'consolidation or Hearing Together of Proceedings']
['workers Compensation' 'civil Procedure' 'jurisdiction'] ['existing Claim Matter' 'restoration to List' 'application Struck Out Under Pt 10 R 4' 'reconsideration of Award' 'worker Status' 'estoppel' 'consolidation or Hearing Together of Proceedings']

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Procedural Posture

Workers Compensation Proceedings / Ex Tempore Judgment on Motion to Restore an Application Struck Out Under Pt 10 R 4 and to Have It Heard With a Pending Weekly Payments Application

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Compensation Court had jurisdiction after 1 April 2002 to restore to the list an employer's application deemed struck out under Pt 10 r 4." "Whether the employer's application to set aside an earlier award under s 17(4) of the Compensation Court Act 1984 related to an existing claim matter." 'Whether the issue of whether Dayne Francis Haynes was a worker was an issue in a pending existing claim for weekly payments.' 'Whether the earlier consent award could be relied on by the worker as an estoppel against denial of employment.']

Ratio Decidendi

The pending weekly payments application filed by Dayne Francis Haynes was an existing claim before the Court, and the disputed question whether he was a worker within the meaning of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 was an issue in that existing claim matter. The employer's struck-out application to reconsider the earlier award concerned the same issue and was relied upon in relation to the existing claim. Accordingly, the Court had jurisdiction to restore the employer's application to the list and to have it heard with the pending weekly payments matter.

Court Disposition

Application to restore to the list granted; employer ordered to pay Dayne Francis Haynes's costs.

Orders

  • ['Matter number 52393/91/1 is restored to the list.' 'The applicant employer is to file and serve an application in proper form within 14 days.' 'The form of application should be a notice of motion.' "The applicant's solicitor is directed to comply with the provisions of Pt 27 r 2 forthwith." 'Matter number...