Kowalski v Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd Staff Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 1153

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Kowalski v Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd Staff Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 1153 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 19 Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth), s 170EA Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth), ss 170CE(1), 298K(1)(a), (b) and (c), 298L(2)(h), (l), (j) and (k), 298L(2)(a), (b) and (c), 298U(b)(c) and (d), 298T, 412 Industrial Relations Reform Act 1994 (Cth) Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 (Cth), Sch 7, item 17(1) Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993 (Cth) Federal Court Rules, O 20 r 2(1) Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 (SA) Kowalski v Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (1998) 88 FCR 55 - discussed Thomson Australian Holdings Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1981) 148 CLR 150 – referred to Philip Morris Inc v Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 457 – referred to United States Surgical Corp v Hospital Products International Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 457 – referred to Fencott v Muller (1983) 152 CLR 570 – referred to Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally (1999) 198 CLR 511 – referred to Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd v Esso Australia Ltd [2000] FCA 1572 - discussed Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 – referred to Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 – referred to Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 – referred to Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 – referred to Hoysted v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1925) 37 CLR 290 – referred to Theo v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1996) 70 FCR 317 – referred to Administration of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea v Guba (1973) 130 CLR 353 – referred to Ex parte Amalgamated Engineering Union (Australian Section); Re Jackson (1937) 38 SR (NSW) 13 – referred to Miller v University of New South Wales [2002] FCA 882 – referred to Craine v Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Ltd (1920) 28 CLR 305 – referred to Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 – referred to Thompson v Palmer (1933) 49 CLR 507 – referred to Grundt v Great Boulder Pty Gold Mines Ltd (1937) 59 CLR 641 – referred to Kowalski v Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd [2001] SA WCT 93 – discussed Burney v Burney [1956] SASR 171 – referred to Scott v Avery [1856] 5 HL Cas 811 – distinguished Finch v Sayers [1976] 2 NSWLR 540 - distinguished Development Assessment Commission v Macag Holdings Pty Ltd (2001) 80 SASR 104 – referred to KAZIMIR KOWALSKI v MITSUBISHI MOTORS AUSTRALIA LTD STAFF SUPERANNUATION FUND PTY LTD AND MITSUBISHI MOTORS AUSTRALIA LTD S.190 of 2001 MANSFIELD J 17 SEPTEMBER 2002 ADELAIDE