Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Johnson v CUB Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 219 File number: VID 129 of 2021
Judgment of: BROMWICH, O'CALLAGHAN AND COLVIN JJ
Date of judgment: 3 December 2021
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – application for judicial review of a decision of the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission quashing a Fair Work Commissioner's decision to reinstate the applicant insofar as it required him to be reinstated to the first respondent's brewery site – whether the Full Bench fell into jurisdictional error by reason of: (1) misunderstanding the nature of its jurisdiction, misconceiving its duty, failing to apply itself to the question which ss 390 and 391 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) prescribes and/or acting on a wrong principle; or (2) making only a portion of the order made by the Commissioner that it was not empowered by s 391 to make – held: application dismissed.
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 390, 391 Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth) s 170EE(1)(a)(ii) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Explanatory Memorandum to the Fair Work Bill 2008 (Cth) [r.5], [r.9], [r.360]
Cases cited: Anthony Smith & Associates Pty Ltd v Sinclair (1996) 67 IR 240 Athens v Randwick City Council [2005] NSWCA 317; 64 NSWLR 58 Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Morgan (1965) 112 CLR 483 Blackadder v Ramsey Butchering Services Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 22; (2005) 221 CLR 539 Bropho v Western Australia (1990) 171 CLR 1 Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427 Conlon v Sandlewood Aboriginal Projects Limited [2017] FWC 3186 Fair Work Ombudsman v Crystal Carwash Café Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] FCA 827 Fair Work Ombudsman v Grouped Property Services Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 1034; 152 ALD 209 Fryar v Systems Services Pty Ltd (1995) 130 ALR 168 George v Rockett (1990) 170 CLR 104 Khoury v Government Insurance Office (NSW) (1984) 165 CLR 622 Kool v Adecco Industrial Pty Ltd [2016] FWC 925 Lee v New South Wales Crime Commission [2013] HCA 39; 251 CLR 196 Lim v Comcare [2019] FCAFC 104; 165 ALD 217 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act [2016] HCA 50; 260 CLR 232 Nguyen v Vietnamese Community in Australia [2014] FWCFB 7198 Pettifer v MODEC Management Services Pty Ltd [2016] FWCFB 5243; 261 IR 439 Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277 R v Kearney; Ex parte Jurlama (1984) 158 CLR 426 Raffoul v Blood Transfusion Service of the Australian Red Cross Society (1997) 76 IR 383 Re Bolton; Ex parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514 Regional Express Holdings Ltd v Richards [2010] FWAFB 8753; 206 IR 17 Repatriation Commission v Nation (1995) 57 FCR 25 Ross v Lane Cove Council [2014] NSWCA 50; 86 NSWLR 34 Technical and Further Education Commission (t/a TAFE NSW) v Pykett [2014] FWCFB 714; 240 IR 130 Technical and Further Education Commission v Pykett (No 1) [2014] FCA 727
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