McEwen v AIDC Limited; Brink v AIDC Limited; Hewitt v AIDC Equipment Finance Limited & Anor [2000] NSWIRComm 68

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : McEwen v AIDC Limited; Brink v AIDC Limited; Hewitt v AIDC Equipment Finance Limited & Anor [2000] NSWIRComm 68 MATTER NUMBER IRC 6623 OF 1997

APPLICANT: Philip McEwen

RESPONDENT: AIDC Limited ACN 054 553 394 _________________________________________________

MATTER NUMBER IRC 6624 OF 1997

APPLICANT: Michael Brink

RESPONDENT: PARTIES : AIDC Limited ACN 054 553 394 __________________________________________________

MATTER NUMBER IRC 6625 OF 1997

APPLICANT: William Hewitt

FIRST RESPONDENT: AIDC Equipment Finance Limited ACN 008 498 717

SECOND RESPONDENT: AIDC Limited ACN 054 553 394 _________________________________________________ FILE NUMBER: 6623, 6624 and 6625 of 1997 CORAM: Schmidt J CATCHWORDS : Unfair contract - notice of motion filed after judgment, seeking an order for costs - order opposed by applicants - costs were not sought by either party at the hearing and matter was not dealt with in the judgment - whether court functus - order for costs could be sought under the slip rule - court has jurisdiction and power to order costs - applicants' ordered to pay the respondents' costs as agreed or assessed LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 CASES CITED : Yeramba Estates Pty Ltd v Avery (unreported, Macken J, 17 April 1986) Elyard Corporation Pty Limited v DDB Needham Sydney Pty Ltd (1995) 133 ALR 206 HEARING DATES: 04/10/2000 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 04/10/2000