Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1 Citation: Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1
Parties: TIMOTHY VISSCHER v TEEKAY SHIPPING (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
File number: NSD 308 of 2007
Judge: KATZMANN J
Date of judgment: 4 January 2011
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – motion for summary judgment – circumstances when power to give summary judgment under s 31A of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) may be exercised – whether applicant has no reasonable prospect of success in proceedings under s 78 of the Navigation Act 1912 (Cth) – whether reasonable dispute as to liability for wages within meaning of s 78 of the Navigation Act
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 31A Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) O 20 r 5 Navigation Act 1912 (Cth) ss 6, 75, 76, 78
Cases cited: Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Jefferson Ford Pty Ltd v Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd [2008] FCAFC 60, 167 FCR 372 Kowalski v MMAL Staff Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 117, 178 FCR 401 Spencer v Commonwealth [2009] FCAFC 38 Spencer v Commonwealth [2010] HCA 28 Visscher v The Honourable President Justice Giudice [2009] HCA 34, 239 CLR 361
Date of hearing: 30 August - 1 September 2010
Date of last submissions: 2 September 2010
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