SOS Nursing & Home Care Service Pty Ltd v Smith [2013] FCA 295

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SOS Nursing & Home Care Service Pty Ltd v Smith [2013] FCA 295 Citation: SOS Nursing & Home Care Service Pty Ltd v Smith [2013] FCA 295

Parties: SOS NURSING & HOME CARE SERVICE PTY LIMITED v JANICE MARGARET SMITH

File number: NSD 1302 of 2011

Judge: BUCHANAN J

Date of judgment: 5 April 2013

Catchwords: ESTOPPEL – issue estoppel – abuse of process

Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Act 2007 (Cth) Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 (Cth)

Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Admiral Mechanical Services Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1085 Australian Institute of Private Detectives Ltd v Privacy Commissioner (2004) 139 FCR 394 Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Limited (1993) 177 CLR 485 Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Rayner & Keeler Ltd (No 2) [1967] 1 AC 853 Ezekiel-Hart v Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory [2013] FCA 257 Forster v Jododex Australia Pty Limited (1972) 127 CLR 421 Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 231 Kuligowski v Metrobus (2004) 220 CLR 363 NSW Nurses' Association v SOS Nursing and Home Care Service Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 1147 NSW Nurses' Association v SOS Nursing & Home Care Service Pty Ltd & Anor [2011] FMCA 225 Ramsay v Pigram (1968) 118 CLR 271 Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 SOS Nursing and Home Care Service Pty Ltd v New South Wales Nurses' Association [2012] FCA 398 Spalla v St George Motor Finance Ltd (No 6) [2004] FCA 1699 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 Young v Public Service Board [1982] 2 NSWLR 456