Hem, in the matter of Coulco Trading Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) v Cant (Administrator of the Deed of Company Arrangement of Coulco Trading Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement)) [2007] FCA 81

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Hem, in the matter of Coulco Trading Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) v Cant (Administrator of the Deed of Company Arrangement of Coulco Trading Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement)) [2007] FCA 81

EMPLOYMENT – constructive dismissal – whether unfounded accusation of theft sufficient to constitute DAMAGES – mitigation of loss – whether money earned in mitigation but which cannot be collected should be set off against damages Bassett v French 64 NY St Rep 292 (1895), applied Blaikie v SA Superannuation Board (1996) 65 SASR 85, cited Caulfield v Broken Hill City Council (1995) 60 IR 211, cited Courtaulds Northern Textiles Ltd v Anderson [1979] IRLR 84, cited Dyer v Peverill [1979] 2 NTR 1, cited Easling v Mahoney Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd (2001) 78 SASR 489, applied Isle of Wight Tourist Board v Coombes [1976] IRLR 413, cited Moores v Bude-Stratton Town Council [2000] IRLR 676, cited O'Donnell v GIO Insurance Ltd (1996) 64 IR 297, cited Quinn v Jack Chia (Australia) Ltd [1992] 1 VR 567, cited Rankin v Marine Power International Pty Ltd (2001) 107 IR 117, cited Robinson v Compton Parkinson Ltd [1978] ICR 401, followed Sheffield Oxford Controls Co Ltd [1979] ICR 396, followed Thomson v Orica Australia Pty Ltd (2002) 116 IR 186, applied IN THE MATTER OF COULCO TRADING PTY LTD (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) GEOFFREY HEM v ANTHONY CANT (Administrator of the Deed of Company Arrangement of COULCO TRADING PTY LTD (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement)) VID 643 of 2005

FINKELSTEIN J

9 february 2007

MELBOURNE IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VID 643of 2005

IN THE MATTER OF COULCO TRADING PTY LTD (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) BETWEEN: GEOFFREY HEM

Plaintiff

AND: ANTHONY CANT (Administrator of the Deed of Company Arrangement of Coulco Trading Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement))