Hadgkiss v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (No. 3) [2007] FCA 87

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Hadgkiss v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (No. 3) [2007] FCA 87 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – whether false or misleading representations made about a person's obligation to join an industrial association – whether advice, encouragement or incitement given or provided to take discriminatory action against a person who was eligible to join an industrial association – whether industrial action threatened with intent to coerce a person to agree to make an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement WORDS AND PHRASES – meaning of 'false or misleading' in s 298SC(c) of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 Held: contraventions of s 298SC(c) established against all respondents Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) ss 3, 4, 170L, 170LH, 170LI, 170LN, 170NC, 170NF(1), 170WG(2), 172, 174, 298A, 298B(1), 298B(2), 298C, 298D, 298S, 298SC(c), 298T, 298U, 298V, 347(1) and 349 Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) s 209(2) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52 Customs Act 2001 (Cth) s 229(1)(i) Capper v Thorpe (1998) 194 CLR 342 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Rejfek v McElroy (1965) 112 CLR 517 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Payne v Parker [1976] 1 NSWLR 191 Hadgkiss v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (2006) 152 FCR 560 Hornsby Building Information Centre Pty Limited v Sydney Building Information Centre Limited (1978) 140 CLR 216 Brown v Jam Factory Pty Limited (1981) 53 FLR 340 Murphy v Farmer (1988) 165 CLR 19 Re Polites; Ex Parte The Hoyts Corporation Pty Limited (1991) 173 CLR 78 NIGEL CLIVE HADGKISS v CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION (NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH), EDMOND CASPER AND MICHAEL LANE NSD 1259 OF 2005

GRAHAM J

9 February 2007

SYDNEY IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NSD 1259 OF 2005