Goldman Sachs JBWere Services Pty Limited v Nikolich [2007] FCAFC 120

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Goldman Sachs JBWere Services Pty Limited v Nikolich [2007] FCAFC 120 CONTRACT – incorporation of terms – employment contract – whether particular representations in policy and procedures manual were terms of employment contract. CONTRACT – breach – whether employment contract breached by employer failing to comply with term found to have its source in policy and procedures manual. CONTRACT – causation – psychiatric injury – whether open to the trial judge to find that employer's breach caused employee's injury. COSTS – Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) – whether s 170CS applies to the whole of a proceeding or only to that part that relates to s 170CP. COSTS – Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) – whether s 347 applies to appeals from proceedings under s 170CP. Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth), ss 170CK, 170CP, 170CR, 170CS, 347 Baltic Shipping Company v Dillon (1993) 176 CLR 344 cited Barber v Somerset County Council [2004] 1 WLR 1089 cited Bostik v Gorgevski (1992) 36 FCR 439 considered BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 considered Gogay v Hertfordshire County Council [2000] IRLR 703 followed Grout v Gunnedah Shire Council (No 3) (1995) 59 IR 248 considered Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 considered Johnson v Unisys [2003] 1 AC 518 considered Koehler v Cerebos (2005) 222 CLR 44 cited Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Limited [1957] AC 555 referred to Loftus v Roberts (1902) 18 TLR 532 cited Malik v BCCI [1998] AC 20 cited Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [2000] FCA 16 cited McCormick v Riverwood International (Australia) Pty Ltd (1999) 167 ALR 689 referred to Naidu v Group 4 Securitas [2005] NSWSC 618 cited New South Wales v Mannall [2005] NSWCA 367 cited Riverwood International Australia Ltd v McCormick (2000) 177 ALR 133 considered Scally v Southern Health and Social Services Board [1992] 1 AC 294 cited State of New South Wales v Paige (2002) 60 NSWLR 371 distinguished Tai Hing Cotton Mill Limited v Lui Chong Hing Bank Limited [1986] AC 80 cited Thorby v Goldberg (1965) 112 CLR 597 cited Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2004) 219 CLR 165 applied Waters v Commissioner of Police of The Metropolis [2000] 1 WLR 1607 cited