Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
General Manager of the Fair Work Commission v Thomson (No 3) [2015] FCA 1001 Citation: General Manager of the Fair Work Commission v Thomson (No 3) [2015] FCA 1001
Parties: GENERAL MANAGER OF THE FAIR WORK COMMISSION v CRAIG THOMSON
File number: VID 798 of 2012
Judge: JESSUP J
Date of judgment: 11 September 2015
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – Trade union registered as organisation – Officer of – National Secretary – Duties of – Use by officer of his position to cause union to pay for goods and services acquired for personal purposes – Use of position to cause union to incur liabilities for his benefit – Use of position in circumstances including conflict of interest – Whether such actions improper – Whether officer acted in good faith in interests of union – Whether officer acted with degree of care and diligence that a reasonable person would have exercised
Legislation: Associations Incorporation Act 1984 (NSW) Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth)
Cases cited: Allen v Townsend (1977) 31 FLR 431 Chan v Zacharia (1984) 154 CLR 178 R v Byrnes (1995) 183 CLR 501
Date of hearing: 30, 31 March, 1, 10 April, 4 May 2015
Place: Melbourne
Division: FAIR WORK DIVISION
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