Workers' Compensation Board (Qld) v Technical Products Pty Ltd [1988] HCA 49; (1988) 165 CLR 642 (27 September 1988)

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD (Q) v. TECHNICAL PRODUCTS PTY LTD [1988] HCA 49; (1988)
165 CLR 642
F.C. 88/044

Workers' Compensation (Q.)

High Court of Australia
Wilson(1), Deane(2), Dawson(2), Toohey(2) and Gaudron(1) JJ.

CATCHWORDS

Workers' Compensation (Q.) - Insurance - Statutory insurance - Whether extending to accident insurance - Employer's statutory duty to insure against liability to pay damages in respect of inquiry - Damages for nervous shock sustained by wife of injured worker consequent on his injury - Policy of statute to provide only for injuries arising in course of employment - Whether enlarged by "in respect of" - Workers' Compensation Act 1916 (Q.), ss. 8(1), 9A.

HEARING

Brisbane, 1988, June 28.
Canberra, 1988, September 27. 27:9:1988
APPEAL from the Supreme Court of Queensland.