Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Lunt v Victoria International Container Terminal Limited (No 1) [2019] FCA 467 File number: VID 511 of 2018
Judge: RANGIAH J
Date of judgment: 2 April 2019
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – self-incrimination – whether witness required to give evidence that may tend to prove they are liable to a civil penalty – whether the interests of justice require the witness to give evidence – where evidence is not critical to the case – witness not required to give evidence about his involvement in a picket
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 128(3), 128(4), 128(7) and 192 Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) s 343
Cases cited: Gedeon v The Queen (2013) 280 FLR 275
Date of hearing: 1 April 2019
Date of last submissions: 1 April 2019
Registry: Victoria
Division: Fair Work Division
National Practice Area: Employment & Industrial Relations
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 14
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr H Borenstein QC with Mr E White
Solicitor for the Applicant: Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Counsel for the First Respondent: Mr S Wood QC with Mr N Burmeister and Ms R Sweet
Solicitor for the First Respondent: Seyfarth Shaw
Counsel for the Second, Third and Fourth Respondents: The Second, Third and Fourth Respondents filed submitting notices
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