Fakhouri v The Secretary for the NSW Ministry of Health [2022] NSWSC 233

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Fakhouri v The Secretary for the NSW Ministry of Health [2022] NSWSC 233 Hearing dates: 1 December 2021; Final submissions 15 December 2021 Date of orders: 9 March 2022 Decision date: 09 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL Decision: (1) On or before 21 March 2022 the parties confer in relation to the orders necessary to give effect to this judgment. (2) On or before 23 March 2022 the parties file agreed proposed orders or, failing agreement, competing proposed orders. (3) List the matter for further directions on 30 March 2022 at 9.30am. Catchwords: REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS – Industrial Law – recovery of overtime and other award entitlements – whether representative proceedings can be maintained to recover group members' entitlements under Part 2 of Chapter 7 of Industrial Relations Act – whether scheme for recovery incompatible with Part 10 of Civil Procedure Act – s 376 of the Industrial Relations Act – alternative proceeding to recover award as a debt due – not an action under Part 2 of Chapter 7 of the Industrial Relations Act – can be the subject of proceedings under Part 10 of the Civil Procedure Act – draft separate questions – consequential amendments Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Industrial Arbitration Act 1912 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Act 2016 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth) Supreme Court Act 1970 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 28.2 Cases Cited: Australian Workers' Union v Bluescope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 80; (2018) 278 IR 170 Brighton Hall Pty Ltd (in liq) [2013] FCA 970 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 185 CLR 410; [1995] HCA 24 Cameron v National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited (No 2) [1992] 1 Qd R 133 Campbells Cash & Carry Pty Ltd v Fostif Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 386; [2006] HCA 41 Fostif Pty Ltd V Campbells Cash & Carry Pty Ltd (2005) 63 NSWLR 203; [2005] NSWCA 83 John Robertson & Co Ltd v Ferguson Transformers Pty Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 65; [1973] HCA 21 Josephson v Walker (1914) 18 CLR 691; [1914] HCA 68 Mallinson v Scottish Australian Investment Co Ltd (1920) 28 CLR 66; [1920] HCA 51 Masson v Parsons (2019) 266 CLR 555; [2019] HCA 21 Morgan, in the matter of Brighton Hall Securities Pty Ltd (in liq) [2013] FCA 970 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 Rizeq v Western Australia (2017) 262 CLR 1; [2017] HCA 23 Sanda v PTTEP Australasia (Ashmore Cartier) Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 14 Saraswati v The Queen (1991) 172 CLR 1; [1991] HCA 21 Shergold v Tanner (2002) 209 CLR 126; [2002] HCA 19 The Ombudsman v Laughton (2005) 64 NSWLR 114; [2005] NSWCA 339 Timber Corp Finance Pty Ltd v Collins & Anor (2016) 259 CLR 212; [2016] HCA 44 WileyPark Pty Ltd v AMP Ltd (2018) 130 ACSR 66 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Amireh Fakhouri (Plaintiff) The Secretary for the NSW Ministry of Health (Defendant) The State of New South Wales (Proposed Second Defendant, Respondent to motion) Representation: Counsel: Mr Y Shariff SC; Ms V Bulut; Ms C Winnett (Plaintiff) Mr R Lancaster SC; Ms E Raper SC; Ms C Gleeson; Mr D Fuller (Defendant and Proposed Second Defendant)