Cox, Colin & Anor v Conroys Smallgoods Pty Ltd t/as Port Pirie Abattoirs Davey, Darrin & Anor v Conroys Smallgoods Pty Ltd t/as Port Pirie Abattoirs Davey, Jeffrey & Anor v Conroys Smallgoods Pty Ltd t/as Port Pirie Abattoirs Hunter, Edward & Anor v Conroys Smallgoods Pty Ltd t/as Port Pirie Abattoirs Lauritsen, Dean & Anor v Conroys Smallgoods Pty Ltd t/as Port Pirie Abattoirs Sparks, Christopher & Anor v Conroys Smallgoods Pty Ltd t/as Port Pirie Abattoirs Sparks, Dion & Anor v Conroys Smallgoods Pty Ltd t/as Port Pirie Abattoirs Sparks, Scott Anthony & Anor v Conroys Smallgoods Pty Ltd t/as Port Pirie Abattoirs Wood, Christian Douglas & Anor v Conroys Smallgoods Pty Ltd t/as Port Pirie Abattoirs [1997] FCA 867

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

INDUSTRIAL LAW - complaint of unlawful termination of employment - review of exercise of power of judicial registrar - whether valid reason for termination of employment - walk-out by employees - whether employer assented to that action - whether decision to terminate justifiable or defensible on an objective analysis of the circumstances - whether employees given an opportunity to respond to allegations that they had abandoned their employment

Workplace Relations Act 1996 ss 170DC, 170DE, 170EA, 170EE COLIN COX AND AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION v CONROYS SMALLGOODS PTY LTD, TRADING AS PORT PIRIE ABATTOIRS SA 1105R of 1996 DARRIN DAVEY AND AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION v CONROYS SMALLGOODS PTY LTD, TRADING AS PORT PIRIE ABATTOIRS SA 1106R of 1996 JEFFREY DAVEY AND AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION v CONROYS SMALLGOODS PTY LTD, TRADING AS PORT PIRIE ABATTOIRS SA 1107R of 1996 EDWARD HUNTER AND AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION v CONROYS SMALLGOODS PTY LTD, TRADING AS PORT PIRIE ABATTOIRS SA 1113R of 1996 DEAN LAURITSEN AND AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION v CONROYS SMALLGOODS PTY LTD, TRADING AS PORT PIRIE ABATTOIRS SA 1114R of 1996 CHRISTOPHER SPARKS AND AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION v CONROYS SMALLGOODS PTY LTD, TRADING AS PORT PIRIE ABATTOIRS SA 1120R of 1996 DION SPARKS AND AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION v CONROYS SMALLGOODS PTY LTD, TRADING AS PORT PIRIE ABATTOIRS SA 1121R of 1996 SCOTT ANTHONY SPARKS AND AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION v CONROYS SMALLGOODS PTY LTD, TRADING AS PORT PIRIE ABATTOIRS SA 1122R of 1996 CHRISTIAN DOUGLAS WOOD AND AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION v CONROYS SMALLGOODS PTY LTD, TRADING AS PORT PIRIE ABATTOIRS SA 1125R of 1996 MARSHALL J MELBOURNE 26 AUGUST 1997