Stoelwinder v Southern Health [2001] FCA 115

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Stoelwinder v Southern Health

[2001] FCA 115

CONTRACTS – construction – whether actual intention of parties relevant – whether permissible to have regard to variation EQUITY – fiduciary duties – negotiations for contract of employment – duty of employee to make disclosure to employer EMPLOYMENT LAW – employee entitlements and remuneration – entitlement to 'cash in' sick leave Aberdeen Railway Co v Blaikie Bros (1854) 1 Macq HL 461 cited American Casualty Co v Baker, 22 F 3d 880, 887, (9th Cir 1994) cited Attorney-General for Hong Kong v Reid [1994] 1 AC 324 cited Auto Specialties Manufacturing Co, In Re; Boyd v Sachs 153 B.R. 503, (W D Mich 1993) referred to Baker v Hellner Realty Co 265 Mich 625, 631 (1933) cited Baladevon, Inc v Abbott Laboratories, Inc, 871 F Supp 89 (D Mass 1994) cited Berke Moore Co, Inc v Phoenix Bridge Co, 98 NH 261, 269, 98 A 2d 150, 156 (1953) referred to Boulting v Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians [1963] 2 QB 606 applied BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 applied Breen v Williams (1996) 186 CLR 71 referred to Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337 referred to Concut Pty Ltd v Worrell [2000] HCA 64 cited Coomber, In Re [1911] 1 Ch 723 cited Dunn v English (1874) 18 LR Eq 524 cited Eustis Mining Co v Beer, Sondheimer & Co Inc, 239 F 976, 984-985 (S D NY 1917) cited Fill Buildings Inc v Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Co 396 Mich 453, 460-461 (1976) cited Henderson, Hallam-Eames & Hughes v Merrett Syndicates Ltd [1995] 2 AC 145 cited Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 applied Inland Revenue Commissioners v Raphael [1935] AC 96 cited Lister v Stubbs (1890) 45 Ch D 1 cited Liverpool City Council v Irwin [1977] AC 239 applied Maguire & Tansey v Makaronis (1997) 188 CLR 449 referred to McKenzie v McDonald [1927] VLR 134 cited Nottingham University v Fishel [2000] IRLR 471 cited Pepper v Litton 308 US 295 (1939) referred to Petrotta v Gerson, 98 Cal App 507, 277 P 167 (1929) applied President of India v Jebsens (UK) Ltd [1991] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1 cited Reading v Attorney-General [1951] AC 507 cited Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Hansen-Tangen [1976] 1 WLR 989 referred to Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver [1967] 2 AC 134 cited S A Maritime et Commerciale of Geneva v Anglo-Iranian Oil Co Ltd [1954] 1 WLR 492 applied Sunbury Textile Mills, Inc v Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 585 F 2d 1190, 1196 (3rd Cir 1978) cited Taylor v Johnson (1983) 151 CLR 422 referred to Tradax Export SA v Volkswagenwerk AG [1970] 1 QB 537 applied 3 Corbin on Contracts, § 538 (2nd ed, 1960) Restatement (Second) of Contracts, § 201(1) 17A Am Jur 2d, Contracts (1991) § 388 JOHANNES UILTJE STOELWINDER v SOUTHERN HEALTH V 263 of 1999 FINKELSTEIN J MELBOURNE 23 FEBRUARY 2001