Kenneth Allen v NatWest Markets Australia Ltd & Salomon Smith Barney Australia Limited [2000] NSWIRComm 54

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Kenneth Allen v NatWest Markets Australia Ltd & Salomon Smith Barney Australia Limited [2000] NSWIRComm 54 MATTER NUMBER IRC 5777 OF 1998

APPLICANT: Kenneth Craig Allen

FIRST RESPONDENT: NatWest Markets Australia Limited (ACN 002 987 957)

SECOND RESPONDENT: Salomon Smith Barney Australia Pty Limited (ACN 081 472 664)

THIRD RESPONDENT: County NatWest Australia Limited (ACN 002 910 652)

PARTIES : FOURTH RESPONDENT: Salomon Smith Barney Australia Corporate Finance Pty Limited (ACN 003 309 804)

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MATTER NUMBER 584 OF 2000

FIRST APPLICANT: Salomon Smith Barney Australia Corporate Finance Pty Limited (ACN 003 309 804)

SECOND APPLICANT: Salomon Smith Barney Australia Pty Limited (ACN 081 472 664)

RESPONDENT: Kenneth Craig Allen FILE NUMBER: IRC 5777 of 1998 and IRC 584 of 2000 CORAM: Schmidt J CATCHWORDS : Unfair contract - interlocutory judgment - motion to amend summons and a question of discovery - amendment seeks to raise an allegation that employees unfairly benefited from unfair aspects of the redundancy arrangements - applicant directed to file and serve an affidavit in support of amendment - informal discovery failed to arrive at a final agreement - order for discovery made in relation to documents already given and some documents sought by applicant - access restricted to legal representatives - other documents sought not agreed to due to difficulty with expression and breadth HEARING DATES: 03/28/2000 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 03/28/2000