NSW Police Force v Derek Fleming [2010] NSWSC 216

NSW Police Force v Derek Fleming [2010] NSWSC 216

The delegate of the Registrar made a jurisdictional error by referring the matter to an Appeal Panel on the basis of a demonstrable error under s 327(3)(d), where no such error existed on the face of the Medical Assessment Certificate and the demonstration of error depended on new evidence not admissible for this ground. Accordingly, the decisions of the delegate and of the Medical Appeal Panel are vitiated and must be quashed.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
25 March 2010
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review / Supreme Court – Post Appeal Panel Decision, Judicial Review of Agency Decision
Outcome
Orders made quashing decisions and remitting
Legal Topics
['jurisdictional Error' 'appeal Against Medical Assessment' 'fresh Evidence' 'demonstrable Error' 'judicial Review' 'medical Assessment Certificates']
['administrative Law' 'workers Compensation'] ['jurisdictional Error' 'appeal Against Medical Assessment' 'fresh Evidence' 'demonstrable Error' 'judicial Review' 'medical Assessment Certificates']

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Procedural Posture

Judicial Review / Supreme Court – Post Appeal Panel Decision, Judicial Review of Agency Decision

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the delegate of the Registrar of the Workers Compensation Commission made a jurisdictional error in referring the matter to an Appeal Panel under s 327(3)(d) of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998' "Whether the Appeal Panel's decision could stand if the delegate's decision was vitiated by jurisdictional error" 'The proper test for admitting additional relevant information or fresh evidence on medical assessment appeal']

Ratio Decidendi

The delegate of the Registrar made a jurisdictional error by referring the matter to an Appeal Panel on the basis of a demonstrable error under s 327(3)(d), where no such error existed on the face of the Medical Assessment Certificate and the demonstration of error depended on new evidence not admissible for this ground. Accordingly, the decisions of the delegate and of the Medical Appeal Panel are vitiated and must be quashed.

Court Disposition

Orders made quashing decisions and remitting

Orders

  • ['Declaration that the decision of the delegate of the Registrar of the Workers Compensation Commission made on 12 February 2009 is vitiated by jurisdictional error.' 'Order in the nature of certiorari removing this matter into this Court.' 'The decision of the delegate of the Registrar dated 12 February 2009 is...