Transport Workers Union v Bentley [2001] FCA 671

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Transport Workers' Union v Bentley [2001] FCA 671

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – stay of proceedings – forum non conveniens - contest between two Australian courts exercising jurisdiction under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) – amount of claim relatively small - applicable principles Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) ss 178, 179A Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Pty Ltd (1990) 171 CLR 538 applied Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Company Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 applied Muller v Fencott (1981) 53 FLR 184 referred to Spiliada Maritime Corporation v Cansulex Ltd [1987] AC 460 referred to Pegasus Leasing v Balescope P/L (1994) 63 SASR 51 referred to ZP v PS (1994) 181 CLR 639 referred to CSR v Cigna Insurance Australia Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 345 at 390 referred to Anglo-Australian Foods Ltd v Von Planta, P.V. & Ors (1988) 20 FCR 32 referred to Korn v Paisley Robertson Pty Ltd (1995) 59 FCR 251 referred to Dudinski v Kellow and Ors [1999] FCA 390 referred to English v Ozbanski [2000] FCA 1479 referred to Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd v Esso Australia Ltd (2001) ATPR ¶41-794 applied Down to Earth Springwater Pty Ltd and Ors v State Bank of New South Wales (1991) 31 FCR 81 referred to Leigh-Mardon Pty Ltd v PRC Inc [1993] FCA 458 referred to Vision Systems Ltd v Cincom Systems of Australia Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 120 referred to

TRANSPORT WORKERS' UNION OF AUSTRALIA and DESMOND GEORGE MUIR v ARTHUR BENJAMIN BENTLEY and JOAN MARY BENTLEY

V939 of 2000 WEINBERG J 6 JUNE 2001 MELBOURNE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY V939 OF 2000

BETWEEN: TRANSPORT WORKERS' UNION OF AUSTRALIA

FIRST APPLICANT

DESMOND GEORGE MUIR

SECOND APPLICANT

AND: ARTHUR BENJAMIN BENTLEY

FIRST RESPONDENT