Barry v Owens & Ors [2004] FCA 322

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Barry v Owens & Ors [2004] FCA 322

INDUSTRIAL LAW – application for declaratory and injunctive relief based on clause 164 of Schedule 1B of Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth) – union constituted by amalgamation of two former unions – divisions of unions reflecting those former unions – office of President absent – whether Vice-President entitled under rules to exercise powers of President – discretion in granting relief in industrial law disputes – distinction between 'vacancy' in and 'absence' from employment – relief refused

Workplace Relation Act 1996 (Cth) clauses 5, 164, 338 of Schedule 1B Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 (Cth) s 141 Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth) s 209(3) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 21 Local Government Act 1919 (NSW)

Magner v Fowler (1979) 46 FLR 78 Cook v Crawford (1982) 62 FLR 34 Troja v Curran (1989) 30 IR 129 Quickenden v Federated Australian University Staff Association (1988) 25 IR 440 The Queen v Joske; ex parte shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (1976) 135 CLR 194 Adlam v Noack (1998) 90 IR 31 McGee v Sanders (No 2) (1999) 39 IR 400 Gapes v Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd (1980) 41 FLR 27 Ryan v Heiler (1990) 69 LGRA 307 Wiest v Director of Public Prosecutions (1988) 23 FCR 472

JOHN BARRY v ANNIE OWENS, TREVOR DE COSTA, SONIA MINUTILLO, MARK BOYD, JOHN MORRIS, JOHN HAWKER, PETER JAMES, PAULINE FOOT, ANTHONY SHEDDEN, KEVAN LLOYD, SHARYN KABELKA, SHIRLEY BENNETT, LIDIA AREOSO, KENNETH CAINES, BRYCE GRAINGER, SUE McSULLEA, MARGARET BRADY, SYLVIA CULLEN, GEORGE FONG, MARGARET SCOTT AND KATHLEEN HADDEN

N 331 OF 2004 CONTI J 24 MARCH 2004 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 331 OF 2004

BETWEEN: JOHN BARRY

APPLICANT

AND: ANNIE OWENS