Industrial Relations Secretary & Ors v Public Service Association and Professional Officers’ Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales & Ors [2024] NSWIRComm 5

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Industrial Relations Secretary & Ors v Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales & Ors [2024] NSWIRComm 5 Hearing dates: 20 September 2024 Date of orders: 26 September 2024 Decision date: 26 September 2024 Jurisdiction: Industrial Relations Commission Before: Chin J, Vice President Decision: See par [51] Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Hearings − Order that proceedings be heard together – Industrial disputes with common questions – Parties not bound to same outcome Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Cousins v Cousins (1948) 51 WALR 57 Crown Employees (Roads and Traffic Authority – Salaried Staff Salaries and Conditions of Employment) Award 2008 [2008] NSWIRComm 139 Fitzgerald as Administrator of the Estate of the Late Lesley Provan v Cooper; Fitzgerald as Administrator of the Estate of the Late Lesley Provan v The Valley Centre for Environmental Education & Research Incorporated [2020] NSWSC 451 Ghose v CX Reinsurance Company Ltd [2010] NSWSC 110 Humphries v Newport Quays Stage 2A Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 699 Kyriacou v Raphis Securities Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 196 Marzol v Joubert; Marzol v Killen [2018] NSWSC 586 Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of NSW v Industrial Relations Secretary & Ors [2024] NSWIRComm 2 Re Corrections Health Service Nurses' (State) Award (1999) 90 IR 235 The Griffith Hotel Pty Ltd v Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority [2022] NSWSC 1520 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Industrial Relations Secretary (First Applicant)