McGarry, Patrick v Boonah Clothing Pty Ltd [1988] FCA 219

aM7 No. OR

CATCHWORDS

INDUSTRIAL LAW - award - breach ~ whether employees dismissed because "employer no longer wishes the job the employee has been doing done by anyone" - whether dismissal "as a

consequence of conduct that justifies instant dismissal including.....inefficiency" - reduction of capacity of

factory.

EVIDENCE - hearsay - statement in writing of person now deceased - whether admissible under state law - whether

Commonwealth legislation covers the field.

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - adjournment - whether proper to

grant to one party to enable it to alter respective rights of

parties.

Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 ss. 119, 120

Judiciary Act 1903 s. 79 Evidence Act 1905 Part IIIA

Evidence Act 1977-1979 (Qld.) s. 92 (Ypres: 4 18MAY De:

FEDERAL Cour

AUSTRALIA FRINGIE 4

Clothing Trades Award 1982 Clauses 5(a), 17, 51 Clothing Trades (Roping~in No.1) Award 1984 Ses re

Federal Court Rules 0.33 r. 3

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PATRICK McGARRY v.__ BOONAH CLOTHING PTY. LTD.

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY INDUSTRIAL DIVISION

No. 04 of 1987

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BETWEEN:

PATRICK McGARRY Applicant

and

BOONAH CLOTHING PTY. LTD. Respondent

MINUTES OF ORDER

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The respondent pay a penalty in the sum of $750.00 for breach of cl.51(c) of the Clothing Trades Award 1982.

2. The respondent pay the said penalty to the Clothing &

Allied Trades Union of Australia.

3. The respondent pay to each of the following persons' the

amount set out opposite to her name:

Lorraine Armstrong $1992.00 Sharon Andrew $ 846.80 Margaret Bumstead $1743.00 Ann Brown $1992.00

Sheree Browning $1075.80

(NOTE:

Lynda Evans Sandra Fox Madonna Goan Daphne Gordon Kim Geiger Beverly Harvey Maree Hanh Deborah Harvey Julie Norwood Susan Parcell Elaine Podlich Leisa Stephen Jocelyn Slatter Gail Surawski Denise Venzke Doreen Voss Margaret Wagner Dorothy Wall Lyn Wilson Pearl Zimmerman