Zickar v Mgh Plastic Industries Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1996-1114 HCA B,[1996] HCA 31
Date1996
CourtHigh Court
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  • Petkoska v Kennedy Cleaning Services Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 31 August 2000
    ...‘personal injury’ as provided by s 7(1) of the Act . The Full Court applied the reasoning of the majority of this Court in Zickar v MGH Plastic Industries Pty Ltd2. In our view, the Full Court was correct to do so and the appeal should be dismissed. Gleeson CJ The facts 2 Mrs Vesela Petkos......
  • Petkoska v Kennedy Cleaning Services Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Commissioner of Taxation v Ryan
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 3 February 2000
    ...at 386; Lipohar v The Queen [1999] HCA 65 at [199]. 63R v Reynhoudt (1962) 107 CLR 381 at 388; Zickar v MGH Plastic Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 187 CLR 310 at 351. 64 cf In Re Samuel [1913] AC 514 at 526. 65 The Act, ss 221H(2), 221YE (which imply that an assessment is made where no tax is pa......
  • Electrolux Home Products Pty Ltd v Australian Workers' Union
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 2 September 2004
    ...88 See, eg, Flaherty v Girgis (1987) 162 CLR 574 at 594 per Mason ACJ, Wilson and Dawson JJ; Zickar v MGH Plastic Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 187 CLR 310 at 329 per Toohey, McHugh and Gummow 89 See, eg, Health Minders (2003) 120 IR 438 at 454; but see Atlas Steels (2002) 114 IR 62 at 68–72. 9......
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  • Full Federal Court widens definition of work-related injury
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 19 August 2015
    ...compensation legislation and relevant case law leading to the authoritative decisions in Zickar v MGH Plastic Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 187 CLR 310, Australian Postal Corporation v Burch (1998) 85 FCR 264 and, most notably, Kennedy Cleaning Services Pty Ltd v Petkoska (2000) 200 CLR 286 (Ke......
  • Article #2 ' Is a psychiatric injury a disease, a personal injury or both?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 14 August 2021
    ...of the 1987 Act. The terms "personal injury" and "disease" are not mutually exclusive (Zikar v MGH Plastic Industries Pty Ltd [1996] HA31; 187 CLR 310). Disease - section 4(b) Development of a psychiatric injury, such as that of a major depressive disorder, could be characterised as a disea......
  • Article #2 ' Is a psychiatric injury a disease, a personal injury or both?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 14 August 2021
    ...of the 1987 Act. The terms "personal injury" and "disease" are not mutually exclusive (Zikar v MGH Plastic Industries Pty Ltd [1996] HA31; 187 CLR 310). Disease - section 4(b) Development of a psychiatric injury, such as that of a major depressive disorder, could be characterised as a disea......

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