Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
One Tree Community Services Inc v United Voice (costs) [2020] FCA 500 File number: WAD 389 of 2019
Judge: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 16 April 2020
Catchwords: COSTS – proceeding to which s 570 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) applies – whether proceedings instituted 'without reasonable cause' – whether applicant's case raised one or more arguable points of law Held: No order as to costs
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 318, 320, 570, Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 43
Cases cited: Ashby v Slipper (No 2) (2014) 314 ALR 84 Australian Workers Union v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (No 2) (2013) 232 FCR 428 Fair Work Ombudsman v Hu (No 2) [2019] FCAFC 175 Kanan v Australian Postal & Telecommunications Union (1992) 43 IR 257 One Tree Community Service Inc v United Voice (No 2) [2020] FCA 390
Date of hearing: Determined on the papers
Registry: Western Australia
Division: Fair Work Division
National Practice Area: Employment & Industrial Relations
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 13
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr MJ Follett
Solicitor for the Applicant: DLA Piper Australia
Counsel for the First Respondent: Mr C Dowling SC with Mr CJ Tran
Solicitor for the First Respondent: United Voice (Now The United Workers Union)
Counsel for the Second Respondent: The Second Respondent submits to any order of the Court, save as to the question of costs
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