Raymond Ernest Grout v Gunnedah Shire Council [1995] IRCA 27

CATCHWORDS INDUSTRIAL LAW - unlawful dismissal - Whether employment relationship terminated as a result of the unlawful dismissal - whether the acts of the respondent constitute a repudiation of the contract - legislative barriers to termination - reasonable notice - factors influencing the quantum of damages Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth), ss170EA, 170EB Liddell v Lembke, 15 December 1994, Full Court of Industrial Relations Court of Australia, unreported Burgundy Royale Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1987) 18 FCR 212 Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty Ltd v Watson (1946) 72 CLR 435 Baltic Shipping Co. v Dillon (1992) 176 CLR 344 The Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia v Skilled Engineering Pty Ltd (1994) 122 ALR 471 Siagian v Sanel Pty Ltd (1994) 122 ALR 333 Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd (1909) AC 488 Mount Isa Mines Ltd v Pursey (1970) 125 CLR 383 Campbelltown City Council v Mackay (1989) 15 NSWLR 501 Perry v Sidney Phillips & Son (1982) 1 WLR 1297 Bostik (Australia) Pty Ltd v Gorgevski (1992) 36 FCR 20 Quinn v Jack Chia (Australia) Ltd (1992) 1 VR 567 Walton v Wollondilly Abattoirs Co-op Limited (1993) 50 IR 81 Holt v Muskets Timber Sales Pty Ltd (1994) 54 IR 323 Irons v Merchant Capital Ltd, 17 October 1994, unreported, Young J, Supreme Court of New South Wales Kilburn v Enzed Precision Products Pty Ltd (1988) 4 VIR 31 NSW Cancer Council v Sarfaty (1992) 28 NSWLR 68 Bold v Brough Nicholson & Hall Ltd (1964) 1 WLR 201 Dews v National Coal Board (1988) 1 AC 1 Wheeler v Phillip Morris (1989) 97 ALR 282 No. NI 397 of 1994 RAYMOND ERNEST GROUT v GUNNEDAH SHIRE COUNCIL MOORE J SYDNEY 13 FEBRUARY 1995

IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ) ) COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) No. NI 397 of 1994 ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY) BETWEEN: RAYMOND ERNEST GROUT Applicant AND: GUNNEDAH SHIRE COUNCIL Respondent JUDGE: Moore J PLACE: Sydney DATE: 13 February 1995 ORDER OF THE COURT THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application be adjourned to enable the parties to bring in short minutes or make written submissions on the question of taxation of the damages. 2. Any submissions to be made should be filed and served by 22 February 1995 and any in reply by 1 March 1995. NOTE: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Industrial Relations Court Rules.