Verso Technologies Inc. (formerly Eltrax Systems Inc) v Rasmussen and Ors [2004] NSWIRComm 90

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Verso Technologies Inc. (formerly Eltrax Systems Inc) v Rasmussen and Ors [2004] NSWIRComm 90 APPELLANT Verso Technologies Inc. (Formerly Eltrax Systems Inc)

FIRST RESPONDENT Darc Rasmussen

SECOND RESPONDENT Christopher Ian Gribble PARTIES : THIRD RESPONDENT Jo-Ann Schlein

FOURTH RESPONDENT John Picardi

FIFTH RESPONDENT Eltrax Systems Pty Ltd (Formerly Sulcus (Australia) Pty Ltd) FILE NUMBER: IRC 3114 of 2003 CORAM: Wright J President; Walton J Vice-President; Boland J Appeal - Application for leave to appeal and appeal - Practice and procedure - Whether a respondent had entered a submitting appearance - Service on a foreign corporation - Rules 82 and 112 of the Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996 considered - Procedural irregularities - Application of Supreme Court Rules 1970 - Comity - Leave to appeal granted - Appeal upheld CATCHWORDS : Practice and procedure - Whether a respondent had entered a submitting appearance - Service on a foreign corporation - Rules 82 and 112 of the Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996 considered - Procedural irregularities - Application of Supreme Court Rules 1970 - Comity - Leave to appeal granted - Appeal upheld Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Bell v Macquarie Bank Limited (No.4) (1999) 93 IR 191 Castagna & Anor v Conceria Pell Mec SpA (unreported, BC9601018, NSWCA, 15 March 1996) Darc Rasmussen v Eltrax Systems Pty Ltd & Ors [2003] NSWIRComm 157 CASES CITED : Harding v Bourke (2000) 48 NSWLR 598 Mitchforce Pty Ltd v Starkey (No. 2) [2003] NSWIRComm 458 National Australia Bank Ltd v Cassino [2002] NSWIRComm 241 Taudevin v Egis Consulting Australia Pty Ltd (2000) 97 IR 165 Western Sydney Area Health Service v Gibson (2001) 109 IR 359 HEARING DATES: 03/16/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/14/2004