H & H Security Pty Ltd v Toliopoulos [1997] IRCA 306

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT OF AUSTRALIA

INDUSTRIAL LAW - TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT - review of a judicial registrar's decision - whether respondent was an "employee" for the purposes of the Act or an independent contractor - VALID REASON - redundancy - misconduct - whether employer had a valid reason for termination even though misconduct discovered after termination - whether relief "appropriate" - exercise of court's discretion to grant relief - principles of assessing compensation - any entitlement to compensation de minimis Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth), s 170DB, s 170DC, s 170DE, s 170EE Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co v Ansell (1888) 39 Ch. D. 339 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Burazin v Blacktown City Guardian Pty Ltd (1996) 142 ALR 144 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 61 IR 32 Finch v Sayers (1976) 2 NSWLR 540 Gregory v Philip Morris (1988) 80 ALR 455 Kenefick v Australian Submarine Corporation (No. 2) (1996) 65 IR 366 Kenefick v Australian Submarine Corporation (No. 3) (IRCA, Full Court, 8 July 1997) Lane v Arrowcrest Group Pty Ltd (1990) 43 IR 210 Liddell v Lembke (1994) 56 IR 447 Nikoloska v Sterling Ethnic Aged Community Hospital (1996) 68 IR 165 Victoria v The Commonwealth (1996) 66 IR 392, (1996) 138 ALR 129 Ward v Williams (1955) 92 CLR 496 Westen v Union des Assurances de Paris (IRCA, Madgwick J, 17 December 1996) H & H SECURITY PTY LTD v JAMES TOLIOPOULOS NI 665R of 1994 Madgwick J Sydney 25 July 1997

IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT )

OF AUSTRALIA )

) NI 0665R of 1994 ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY ) ) )

BETWEEN: H & H SECURITY PTY LTD

Applicant

AND: JAMES TOLIOPOULOS