Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Dahler v Australian Capital Territory (No 2) [2014] FCA 1154 Citation: Dahler v Australian Capital Territory (No 2) [2014] FCA 1154
Appeal from: Application for leave to appeal: Dahler v Australian Capital Territory & Anor [2014] FCCA 1675
Parties: CLINTON DAHLER v AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY and MINISTER FOR DISABILITY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (ACT)
File number: ACD 76 of 2014
Judge: KATZMANN J
Date of judgment: 30 October 2014
Catchwords: COSTS – matter arising under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) – unsuccessful application for leave to appeal from interlocutory decisions of the Federal Circuit Court – whether application was made vexatiously and/or without reasonable cause – whether costs order can and should be made against the applicant's lawyer – whether reasonable cause to believe that additional costs have been incurred because of the lawyer's misconduct as defined in r 40.07 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth)
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), s 570 Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 (Cth), s 13 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 4, 37AM Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), rr 1.32, 1.40, 40.07, sch 1
Cases cited: Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Corinthian Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] FCA 351 Council of Kangan Batman Institute of Technology and Further Education v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2006) 156 FCR 275 Dahler v ACT Government t/as Community Services Directorate [2014] FCA 210 Dahler v Australian Capital Territory [2014] FCA 946 Decor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1991) 33 FCR 397 Kanan v Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union (1992) 43 IR 257 Keys v Department of Disability, Housing & Community Services [2011] FMCA 35 Kowalski v Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd (2011) 198 FCR 153 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia Legeng (2001) 205 CLR 507
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