Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Qube Ports Pty Ltd v McMaster [2016] FCA 59 Appeal from: Application for leave to appeal: McMaster v Qube Ports Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 1385
File number(s): VID 935 of 2015
Judge(s): BUCHANAN J
Date of judgment: 10 February 2016
Catchwords: APPEAL – application for leave to appeal – need for appealable order – no appeal against reasons PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – consideration of use of "splitting order" – whether separating liability and relief gives rise to an appealable order
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), s 340(1)(a) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 4, 24(1)(a), 24(1A), 25(1), 25(2), 25(2B)(aa), 25(2BA), 25(2BB) Federal Court Rules (Cth), O 29 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), rr 30.01, 30.02, 36.72 Federal Court Rules 2011, Selective Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 134 (Cth) Explanatory Statement
Cases cited: Arrowcrest Group Pty Ltd v Gill (1993) 46 FCR 90 Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union v Employment Advocate [2001] FCA 1442 Damorgold Pty Ltd v J.A.I. Products Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 448 Dauguet v Centrelink [2015] FCA 1212 Décor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1991) 33 FCR 397 French Caledonia Travel Service Pty Limited trading as Connection Holidays v Elatri [1992] FCA 353 Gas & Fuel Corporation Superannuation Fund v Saunders (1994) 52 FCR 48 Griffiths v Northern Territory of Australia (No 2) [2015] FCA 443 Kruhse Enterprises Pty Ltd v Darwin Fibreglass Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 20 Landsal Pty Ltd (in liquidation) and Others v REI Building Society, now The Co-Operative Building Society of South Australia (1993) 41 FCR 421 Lawrance v The Commonwealth of Australia [2007] FCA 1524 Major Engineering Pty Ltd v Timelink Pacific Pty Ltd [2007] VSCA 228 Maughan Thiem Auto Sales Pty Ltd v Cooper (2013) 216 FCR 197 Michael Wilson & Partners Limited v Nicholls (2011) 244 CLR 427 Prime Property Investment Pty Ltd v Van Der Velde (2011) 199 FCR 34 TAG Pacific Limited v McSweeney (1992) 34 FCR 438 Town v Australian Telecommunications Commission (1983) 67 FLR 48; 47 ALR 137
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