McCormick v Riverwood International Australia Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1640

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

McCormick v Riverwood International (Australia) Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1640 EMPLOYMENT – contract – termination – whether entitlement to redundancy payment – whether redundancy agreement between employer and union incorporated by reference into contract of employment – whether implied term that redundancy payment be made. TRADE PRACTICES – misleading or deceptive conduct – whether representation concerning redundancy payment "in trade or commerce". WORDS & PHRASES – "in trade or commerce". Concrete Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd v Nelson (1990) 169 CLR 594 applied Patrick v Steel Mains Pty Ltd (1987) 77 ALR 133 referred to Barto v GPR Management Services Pty Ltd (1991) 33 FCR 389 referred to Saad v TWT [1995] AILR 4208 referred to Chaplin v Birdogan (1998) 146 FLR 243 referred to Martin v Tasmania Development and Resources (1999) 163 ALR 79 at 97-8 referred to Mulcahy v Hydro-Electric Commission (1998) 85 FCR 170 referred to Burgundy Royale Investments Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1987) 18 FCR 212 at 219 referred to Ryan v Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia [1996] 2 VR 235 distinguished Gregory v Philip Morris Ltd (1987) 77 ALR 79 referred to Schenker & Co (Aust) Pty Ltd v Maplas Equipment and Services Pty Ltd [1990] VR 834 at 840 referred to Antaios Compania Naviera SA v Salen Rederierna AB [1985] AC 191 at 201 referred to Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 at 570 referred to Breen v Williams (1996) 186 CLR 71 at 91 referred to Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337 applied Shirlaw v Southern Foundries (1926) Ltd [1939] 2 KB 206 at 227 referred to Esanda Finance Corporation v Kenghington (unreported, Supreme Court of South Australia, Prior J, 21 May 1993) referred to Scally v Southern Health & Social Services Board [1992] 1 AC 294 at 307 referred to Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 185 CLR 410 at 452-3 referred to Hawkins v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (No 2) (1996) 70 IR 213 referred to Cheshire & Fifoot's Law of Contract 7th Aust ed. 1997 Professor GR Treitel in The Law of Contract 9th ed. 1995 at 175 Macken, McCarry & Sappideen's The Law of Employment 4th ed. 1997 at 184 GARY McCORMICK v RIVERWOOD INTERNATIONAL (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 057 776 888) V87 of 1999 WEINBERG J 26 NOVEMBER 1999 MELBOURNE