Gambaro v Mobycom Mobile Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 144

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Gambaro v Mobycom Mobile Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 144 Appeal from: Gambaro v Mobycom Mobile Pty Ltd & Ors [2018] FCCA 3360

File number: QUD 804 of 2018

Judges: GREENWOOD, REEVES AND RANGIAH JJ

Date of judgment: 26 August 2019

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – appeal from Federal Circuit Court of Australia – procedural fairness – allegations of apprehended bias and unfair conduct by primary judge – where appellant removed from courtroom – where judicial intervention was excessive – appeal allowed

Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) s 340 Federal Circuit Court Act 2001 (Cth) s 17 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 28(1)(f)

Cases cited: Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design and Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 577 Conway v R (2002) 209 CLR 203 Galea v Galea (1990) 19 NSWLR 263 Jamal v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2019] NSWCA 121 Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488 Jorgensen v Fair Work Ombudsman [2019] FCAFC 113 Lewis v Ogden (1984) 153 CLR 682 Magistrates' Court of Victoria v Robinson (2000) 2 VR 234 Michel v R [2010] 1 WLR 879; [2009] UKPC 41 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Bhardwaj (2002) 209 CLR 597 Nobarani v Mariconte (2018) 359 ALR 31; [2018] HCA 36 R v T, WA (2013) 118 SASR 382 Royal Guardian Mortgage Management Pty Ltd v Nguyen (2016) 332 ALR 128; [2016] NSWCA 88 RPS v R (2000) 199 CLR 620 Spencer v Bamber [2012] NSWCA 274 Stead v State Government Insurance Commission (1986) 161 CLR 141 Sullivan v Department of Transport (1978) 20 ALR 323 Windoval Pty Ltd v Donnelly (2014) 226 FCR 89