19 Aug 2016
WU RUFANG v. XIAO YONGRU t/a CHIEN KEE PLASTIC MATERIALS
- Citation
- WU RUFANG v. XIAO YONGRU t/a CHIEN KEE PLASTIC MATERIALS
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC558/2013
On the evidence the applicant would very likely have established employment and liability and would likely have recovered statutory compensation of $507,000; the Advance Payment and subsequent Consent Order did not constitute accord and satisfaction; the applicant's failure to notify respondent of the PI settlement did not cause prejudice material to costs and repayment because respondent relinquished any repayment claim and the loss of indemnity resulted from respondent's denial of liability; accordingly the general rule on costs on discontinuance was displaced and the respondent must pay th…