Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Shamir v Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Taxation Office) [2015] FCA 1463 Citation: Shamir v Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Taxation Office) [2015] FCA 1463
Parties: RON SHAMIR v COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE)
File number: VID 321 of 2015
Judge: PAGONE J
Date of judgment: 21 December 2015
Catchwords: COSTS – application under s 570 of Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) – whether party instituted proceedings vexatiously or without reasonable cause – whether party's unreasonable act caused other party to incur costs – defect in pleadings – whether reasonable cause of action in proceedings – application for indemnity costs
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 340, 342, 343, 351, 355, 539, 570, 723, 772 Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth) ss 10A(1)(a), 10A(1)(b), 10A(1)(c), 10A(1)(i), 10A(1)(j), 13(1), 13(2), 13(3), 13(4), 13(11), 35(2)(c) Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) s 10A Work Health and Safety Act 2001 (Cth) ss 19, 105
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commissioner v Leahy Petroleum Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1844 Australian and International Pilots Association v Qantas Airways Ltd (No 3) (2007) 162 FCR 392 Australian Workers Union v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] FCAFC 23 Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v AIS Industrial Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCAFC 166 Baker v Patrick Projects Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] FCAFC 166 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd (No 2) (2015) 230 FCR 337 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Clarke [2008] FCAFC 143 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Corinthian Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] FCA 351 Hamod v New South Wales (2002) 188 ALR 659 Hatchett v Bowater Tutt Industries Pty Ltd (No 2) (1991) 28 FCR 324 J&A Vaughan Super Pty Ltd (Trustee) v Becton Property Group Limited (No 2) [2014] FCA 705 Melbourne Stadiums Ltd v Sautner (2015) 229 FCR 221 Ryan v Primesafe Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 8
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