Rapford Pty Limited v Williams S191/1993 [1994] HCATrans 29 (15 September 1994)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry

Sydney No S191 of 1993 No C17 of 1993

B e t w e e n -

RAPFORD PTY LIMITED

(trading as GILBERT FOIL

CONTAINER COMPANY)

Applicant

and

GARY WILLIAMS

Respondent

Consent orders

MASON CJ

DEANE J

TOOHEY J

GUADRON J

McHUGH J

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

AT CANBERRA ON THURSDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 1994, AT 10.03 AM

Copyright in the High Court of Australia

MASON CJ: The parties in this matter have agreed to a consent order in the following terms:

(a) appeal allowed;

(b) set aside the order of the Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal, and in lieu thereof order:

(i) appeal to that court allowed in part, the appellant to pay the respondent's costs of those proceedings;

(ii) set aside the order of the Compensation Court of New South Wales dated 17 March 1992 and in lieu thereof order that the liability of the respondent in those proceedings under section 66 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 be limited to $106,300 pursuant to section 66(2);

(iii) each party to pay his own costs of the application for special leave to appeal to this Court and the costs of this appeal.

There will be consent orders accordingly.

AT 10.05 AM THE MATTER WAS ADJOURNED SINE DIE