Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd and ors v Caterpillar of Australia Ltd (No.13) [2003] NSWIRComm 26

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd and ors v Caterpillar of Australia Ltd (No.13) [2003] NSWIRComm 26 FIRST APPLICANT Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd

SECOND APPLICANT Harcourt David Gough

THIRD APPLICANT Anthony Lansley Gilmour

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Caterpillar of Australia Limited

SECOND RESPONDENT Caterpillar Inc.

THIRD RESPONDENT Caterpillar SARL

FOURTH RESPONDENT Caterpillar Overseas Credit Corporation SA FILE NUMBER: IRC 5227 of 2000 CORAM: Boland J Unfair contract - Primary relief under s 106 of Industrial Relations Act refused - Question of whether injunctions should be dissolved in light of Court's refusal to grant primary relief - Question of whether alternative relief available to applicants - Estoppel - Whether requirement to amend pleadings in order to pursue alternative relief - Function of pleadings - Leave granted to applicants to apply to amend pleadings - Parties directed to confer on how injunctive orders might be revised CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Primary relief under s 106 of Industrial Relations Act refused - Question of whether injunctions should be dissolved in light of Court's refusal to grant primary relief - Question of whether alternative relief available to applicants - Estoppel - Whether requirement to amend pleadings in order to pursue alternative relief - Function of pleadings - Leave granted to applicants to apply to amend pleadings - Parties directed to confer on how injunctive orders might be revised LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996 Banque Commerciale SA In Liquidation v Akhil Holdings Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 279 Bourke Air Charter v Easton (2001) 109 IR 443 Crawford Fitting Co v Sydney Valve and Fitting Pty Ltd (1988) 14 NSWLR 438 Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Limited & Ors v Caterpillar of Australia Limited & Anor (No. 11) [2002] NSWIRComm 354 Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Limited & Ors v Caterpillar of Australia Limited & Anor (No. 12) [2003] NSWIRComm 3 Gould and Birbeck and Bacon v Mount Oxide Mines Ltd (In Liquidation) (1916) 22 CLR 490 CASES CITED : Klein, PMG & Ors v Adler [1996] NSWIRC 184 Leotta v Public Transport Commission (NSW) (1976) 9 ALR 437 Mummery v Irvings Pty Ltd (1956) 96 CLR 99 Munro v Chubb Security Holdings Australia Ltd & Ors [2000] NSWIRC 215 Pilgrim v Wendy's Supa Sundaes and Ors [2002] NSWIRC 308 Robert Rolles and Others v Donald Scott Surgicals Pty Ltd and Anor (Unreported, Industrial Commission in Court Session, 19 February 1988) Vision Publishing Pty Limited v PK Lane Holdings Pty Ltd (1998) 84 IR 277 HEARING DATES: 01/21/2003; 01/24/2003; 02/03/2003; 02/04/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/13/2003