New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DISTRICT COURT ACT 1973 - SECT 142J

142J Decisions of Court when exercising compensation jurisdiction

(1) The following apply in the exercise of the Court's compensation jurisdiction--

(a) a decision of the Court in any matter is to be on the real merits and justice of the case,

(b) the Court is not bound to follow strict legal precedent,

(c) subject to Subdivision 3--

(i) a decision or proceeding of the Court is not vitiated by reason of any informality or want of form, and

(ii) a decision or proceeding of the Court is not liable to be appealed against, reviewed, quashed or called in question by any court, and

(iii) no proceedings, whether for an order in the nature of prohibition, certiorari or mandamus or for a declaration or injunction or for any other relief, lie in respect of any decision or proceeding of the Court relating to, or on the face of the proceedings appearing to relate to, any matter within its compensation jurisdiction, and

(iv) the validity of any decision or proceeding of the Court cannot be challenged in any manner.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Court from reconsidering any matter that has been dealt with by it in its compensation jurisdiction (or had been dealt with by the Compensation Court), or from rescinding, altering or amending any decision previously made or given by the Court in the exercise of that jurisdiction (or by the Compensation Court), all of which the Court has authority to do.

(3) In this section,
"decision" includes award, order, determination, ruling and direction.