Piepkorn v Minister of Employment & Training [2004] FCA 1157

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Piepkorn v Minister of Employment & Training [2004] FCA 1157 HENRIETTE PIEPKORN v MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING, JANE LOMAX-SMITH & EMPLOYER: CAROMA INDUSTRIES LTD, PETER DUNSTAN No S 138 of 2004 FINN J ADELAIDE 20 AUGUST 2004

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY S 138 OF 2004

BETWEEN: HENRIETTE PIEPKORN

APPLICANT

AND: MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING: JANE LOMAX-SMITH

FIRST RESPONDENT

EMPLOYER: CAROMA INDUSTRIES LTD, PETER DUNSTAN

SECOND RESPONDENT

JUDGE: FINN J

DATE OF ORDER: 20 AUGUST 2004

WHERE MADE: ADELAIDE

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application is dismissed. 2. The applicant pay the respondent's costs of the application.

Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY S 138 OF 2004

BETWEEN: HENRIETTE PIEPKORN

APPLICANT

AND: MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING: JANE LOMAX-SMITH

FIRST RESPONDENT

EMPLOYER: CAROMA INDUSTRIES LTD, PETER DUNSTAN

SECOND RESPONDENT

JUDGE: FINN J

DATE: 20 AUGUST 2004

PLACE: ADELAIDE

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT 1 Ms Piepkorn has again filed an application and affidavit in this Court as yet another step in a long running battle which she has pursued to remedy perceived wrongs arising out of her employment with the respondent, Caroma Industries Ltd, in respect of events in 1984. As von Doussa J indicated in an earlier proceeding (see Piepkorn v State of South Australia [2003] FCA 257 at [8]: "The appellant has appeared before this Court on many occasions in the course of pursuing her battle, and on a number of occasions the District Registrar of the Federal Court, pursuant to O 46 r 7A of the Federal Court Rules, has refused to issue proceedings filed by her. In some instances this has occurred at the direction of a Judge."