Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v Skilled Engineering Ltd [2003] FCA 260

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v Skilled Engineering Ltd [2003] FCA 260 INDUSTRIAL LAW – certified agreement – principles of construction – circumstances in which term should be implied – whether casual award rates superseded by new rates in certified agreement Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth), ss 170LY, 170LZ, 178

Ali v Christian Salvesen Food Services Ltd [1997] 1 All ER 721 distinguished Aron Salomon (Pauper) v A Salomon and Company Limited [1897] AC 22 referred to Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union v Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia (1998) 82 FCR 175 cited BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Limited v President, Councillors and Ratepayers of the Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 applied Byrne v Australian Airlines Limited (1995) 185 CLR 410 cited Chorlton v Lings (1868) LR 4 CP 374 referred to Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd (2001) 108 IR 409 distinguished Dinch v Dinch [1987] 1 WLR 252 considered Geo A Bond & Co Ltd (In Liquidation) v McKenzie [1929] AR (NSW) 498 referred to Glover v Glover (1964) 6 FLR 262 referred to Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 cited Hawkins v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1996) 66 IR 322; AMASCU (1998) 82 FCR 175 cited Hospital Products Limited v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 cited Kainhofer v Director of Public Prosecutions (No.2) (1996) 70 FCR 184 referred to Prenn v Simmonds [1971] 1 WLR 1381 applied Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd (2001) 185 ALR 335 followed Seamen's Union of Australia v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (1976) 46 FCR 444 cited Short v FW Hercus Pty Ltd (1993) 40 FCR 511, 520 referred to St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance v Clark (No. 2) [1975] 1 WLR 468 applied Warramunda Village Inc v Pryde (2001) 105 FCR 437 distinguished AUTOMOTIVE, FOOD, METALS, ENGINEERING, PRINTING AND KINDRED INDUSTRIES UNION v SKILLED ENGINEERING LIMITED V 1139 of 2001 FINKELSTEIN J 27 MARCH 2003 MELBOURNE