Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Menzies v Paccar Financial Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 400 File number: NSD 918 of 2015
Judge: NICHOLAS J
Date of judgment: 21 April 2016
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – whether proceeding should be summarily dismissed – whether applicants precluded by Anshun estoppel from obtaining claims under Independent Contractors Act 2006 (Cth) – whether Supreme Court of New South Wales invested with federal jurisdiction with respect to such claims – whether unreasonable for applicants to refrain from making such claims in earlier proceedings – whether claims for malicious prosecution and abuse of process have any reasonable prospect of success Held: proceeding dismissed
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2 Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) Contracts Review Act 1987 (NSW) Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) s 570(2) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 31A Independent Contractors Act 2006 (Cth) ss 4, 5, 12, 13, 15, 16 Independent Contractors Regulations 2007 (Cth) Reg 5 Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) s 4
Cases cited: Australian Workers Union v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (No 2) (2013) 232 FCR 428 Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v ALS Industrial Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCAFC 166 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 531 Bryant v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1995) 57 FCR 287 Chamberlain v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 164 CLR 505 Gregory v Portsmouth City Council [2000] 1 AC 419 Ian David Menzies & Anor v Paccar Financial Pty Ltd [2015] HCASL 42 Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Johnson v Emmerson and Sparrow (1871) 6 Exch 329 Linprint Pty Ltd v Hexam Textiles Pty Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 508 Menzies v Paccar Financial Pty Ltd (No 4) [2014] NSWCA 210 Menzies v Paccar Financial Pty Ltd (No 5) [2014] NSWCA 258 Menzies v Paccar Financial Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 460 Paccar Financial Pty Ltd v Menzies (No 3) [2013] NSWSC 551 Paccar Financial Pty Ltd v Menzies (No 4) [2013] NSWSC 743 Paccar Financial Pty Ltd v Menzies (No 5) [2013] NSWSC 772 Ramsay v Pigram (1967) 118 CLR 271 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun (No 2) (1981) 147 CLR 589 Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally (1999) 198 CLR 511 Spencer v The Commonwealth of Australia (2010) 241 CLR 118 Three Rivers District Council v Bank of England (No 3) [2003] 2 AC 1 Young v Lalic [2006] NSWSC 18
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