Williams v Boambee Bay Time Share Resort Pty Limited & Anor [2004] NSWCA 59

The primary judge failed to comply with the statutory requirements of s 40 and failed to give adequate reasons for not awarding weekly payments; this constituted an error of law requiring the appeal to be upheld and the matter remitted for redetermination.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 12 March 2004
Procedural Posture: Appeal / Court of Appeal Decision
Outcome: Appeal upheld
Legal Topics: ['weekly Payments of Compensation' 'application of S 40 of Workers Compensation Act 1987' 'adequacy of Reasons']

['workers Compensation'] ['weekly Payments of Compensation' 'application of S 40 of Workers Compensation Act 1987' 'adequacy of Reasons']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Court of Appeal Decision

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether the primary judge failed to properly apply s 40 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 in assessing the claim for weekly payments of compensation' 'Whether the primary judge gave adequate reasons for declining to make an award for weekly payments']

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Court Disposition

Appeal upheld

Orders

['Appeal upheld with costs.' 'Order making no award for weekly payments set aside.' 'Matter remitted to the Compensation Court as now constituted by the District Court of New South Wales for hearing and determination of entitlement to weekly payments under ss 36, 37 and 40 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987.'...