Mary Abbott-Etherington v Houghton Motors Pty Limited [1995] IRCA 528

CATCHWORDS INDUSTRIAL LAW - TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT - UNLAWFUL TERMINATION - REVIEW OF DECISION OF JUDICIAL REGISTRAR - whether reinstatement of the employee is impracticable - meaning of 'impracticable' Industrial Relations Act 1988, Division 3, Part VIA, ss 170DC, 170EA, 170ED, 170EE

Macs Foods v McLeish, WIR 94/305, Industrial Relations Court of Australia, 12 July 1995, as yet unreported, 4, Spender J D'Lima v Princes Margaret Hospital, WI 0658R/94, Industrial Relations Court of Australia, 25 August 1995, as yet unreported, 11, Marshall J Reader v Wyndham Lodge Nursing Home, VI 0837R/94, Industrial Relations Court of Australia, 8 September 1995, as yet unreported, 6, Marshall J Liddell v Lembke (1994) 127 ALR 342, 360, 366-367 Nicolson v Heaven & Earth Gallery Pty Limited (1994) 1 IRCR 199, 210 Cox v South Australian Meat Corporation, SI 226/94, Industrial Relations Court of Australia, 13 June 1995, as yet unreported, Von Doussa J Johns v Gunns Limited, TI 148R/94, Industrial Relations Court of Australia, 18 May 1995, as yet unreported, 28, Northrop J Izdes v L.G. Bennett and Co Pty Limited t/as Alba Industries, WI 307/94, Industrial Relations Court of Australia, 14 September 1995, as yet unreported, 34, Beazley J Klingenberg v I.R. Cootes Pty Ltd VI 2421R/94, Industrial Relations Court of Australia, 24 August 1995, as yet unreported, 12, Marshall J WI 0429R of 1994 MARY ABBOTT-ETHERINGTON v HOUGHTON MOTORS PTY LIMITED JUDGE: Marshall J PLACE: Perth DATE: 28 September 1995

IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT ) ) OF AUSTRALIA ) ) WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY ) No. WI 0429R of 1994

BETWEEN: MARY ABBOTT-ETHERINGTON Applicant AND: HOUGHTON MOTORS PTY LIMITED Respondent JUDGE: Marshall J PLACE: Perth DATE: 28 September 1995 ORDER THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The Orders of the Court constituted by Judicial Registrar Boon made on 31 May 1995 be set aside. 2. It is declared that the termination of the employment of the applicant by the respondent ("the termination") contravened s170DC of the Act. 3. The respondent shall appoint the applicant to the position in which she was employed immediately before the termination.