Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Olson v Keefe (No 2) [2017] FCA 1168 File number: NSD 1498 of 2016
Judge: BROMWICH J
Date of judgment: 29 September 2017
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for summary judgment or, in the alternative, strike out – where claims arise out of disputed employment relationship – whether claim of misleading and deceptive conduct adequately pleaded – whether reasonable prospects of establishing the existence of a fiduciary duty owed to employee by directors or senior executives of the employer company or related company – whether reasonable prospects of establishing employment relationship with overseas parent company – whether reasonable prospects of proving that the second respondent was knowingly involved in contravention of the victimisation prohibitions under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for stay of part of proceedings on forum non conveniens grounds – whether this Court is a clearly inappropriate forum
Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 1317AC Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 31A Federal Court of Australia Rules 2011 (Cth), rr 16.21, 16.42 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 316
Cases cited: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Cassimatis [2013] FCA 641; 220 FCR 256 Brunninghausen v Glavanics [1999] NSWCA 199; 46 NSWLR 538 Chan v Zacharia (1984) 154 CLR 178 Crawley v Short [2009] NSWCA 410; 262 ALR 654 Fernandez v Glev Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1859 Re Goldcorp Exchange Ltd [1995] 1 AC 74; [1994] 2 All ER 806 Giorgianni v The Queen (1985) 156 CLR 473 Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 John Alexander's Clubs Pty Limited v White City Tennis Club Limited [2010] HCA 19; 241 CLR 1 Morris v Hanley [2004] NSWCA 41 Oliver Hume South East Queensland Pty Ltd v Investa Residential Group Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 141 Pilmer v Duke Group Ltd (In Liq) [2001] HCA 31; 207 CLR 165 Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia [2010] HCA 28; 241 CLR 118 Streetscape Projects (Australia) Pty Ltd v City of Sydney [2013] NSWCA 2; 85 NSWLR 196 Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661 Finn P, Fiduciary Obligations 40th Anniversary Republication with Additional Essays (Federation Press, 2016)
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