Catchwords:

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – jurisdictional error – Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), s 63(3) – power requiring decision maker to consider whether there was reasonable cause to suspect material error in medical assessment – whether decision maker exceeded statutory role by determining asserted error on the merits

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – jurisdictional error – Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), s 63(3) – power requiring decision maker to consider whether there was reasonable cause to suspect material error in medical assessment – whether decision maker exceeded his bounds of authority by declining to refer a matter to a review panel where there was significant differences of opinion among medical practitioners

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – jurisdictional error – Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), s 63(3) – power requiring decision maker to consider whether there was reasonable cause to suspect material error in medical assessment – whether the inevitable result of the presence of conflicting medical opinions is that there must be reasonable cause to suspect that the medical assessment is incorrect in a material respect

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), s 63(3) –– whether primary judge erred in ordering that the medical assessment be referred to a review panel rather than referring the matter back to a proper officer