Bourke Air Charter v Easton [2001] NSWIRComm 229

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Bourke Air Charter v Easton [2001] NSWIRComm 229 FIRST APPELLANT/FIRST CROSS RESPONDENT Bourke Air Charter Pty Limited

SECOND APPELLANT/SECOND CROSS RESPONDENT Bourke Aerial Spraying Pty Limited PARTIES : THIRD APPELLANT/THIRD CROSS RESPONDENT Peter Ronald Smart

RESPONDENT/CROSS APPELLANT Daniel Easton FILE NUMBER: IRC 4787 & 5838 of 2000 CORAM: Wright J President; Glynn J; Boland J CATCHWORDS : Appeal and cross appeal - Leave to appeal - Unfair contract - Judicial intervention in proceedings - Whether overtime payable - Offer of compromise - Costs - Appeal dismissed except as to overtime payments - Cross appeal dismissed except as to costs - Subject to further order the Appellants/cross respondents to pay respondent's costs of proceedings at first instance - Appellants/cross respondents to pay 80 per cent of respondent/cross appellant's costs of appeal Industrial Relations Act 1996 s106 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996 rule 216 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Ace Business Brokers Pty Ltd v Phillips-Treby (2000) 100 IR 420 Burwood Municipal Council v Harvey (1995) 86 LGERA 390 David Jones Limited v Cukeric (1997) 78 IR 430 Huskisson RSL v Sullivan (1990) 31 IR 404, 20 NSWLR 332 CASES CITED : Jones v National Coal Board [1957] 2 QB 55 Kekatos v The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [1999] NSWCA 288 Pawel v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (1999) 94 FCR 231 Perrott v Excellenet Australia Limited (1998) 84 IR 255 Vision Publishing Pty Limited v PK Holdings Pty Limited (1998) 84 IR 277 HEARING DATES: 04/17/2001; 04/18/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/29/2001