Veta Limited v Evans [2004] NSWIRComm 336

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Veta Limited v Evans [2004] NSWIRComm 336 APPELLANTS: Veta Limited (a company incorporated in Hong Kong) Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

RESPONDENTS: Mark Andrew Evans PARTIES : David Michael Honner Brett Kenneth Rosewall David Bruce Spong Charles Bruce Burton

INTERVENOR: Attorney General of New South Wales FILE NUMBER: IRC 4423 of 2004 CORAM: Wright J President; Walton J Vice-President; Kavanagh J CATCHWORDS : Appeal - Unfair contract - Challenge in the High Court to Court Session's jurisdiction remitted by High Court pursuant to s 44 of the Judiciary Act to be heard by Court Session - Case management - Power and discretion of judge to order that original s 106 proceedings and remitted proceedings be heard together - Power of State court to hear judicial and non-judicial proceedings together - Whether r 82 of the Industrial Relations Commission Rules provides right to the applicant under that rule to have jurisdictional issue determined prior to other issues - Leave to appeal granted - Appeal dismissed. Australian Constitution s 75 Bankruptcy Act 1924-1933 (Cth) s 217 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 106 s 179 Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996 r 76 r 82 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39 s 44 Baker v The Queen (2004) 210 ALR 1 Caltex Petroleum Pty Limited v Harmer (1999) 92 IR 264 Cell Tech Communications Pty Ltd v Nokia Mobile Phones (UK) Limited & Ors (1995) 58 FCR 365 Cram, Ex parte Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co Pty Ltd, Re (1987) 163 CLR 140 Dingjan, ex parte Wagner, Re (1995) 183 CLR 323 Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 46 FLR 409 Euphoric Pty Limited v Ryledar Pty Limited (2002) 117 IR 1 Evans and others v Veta Ltd and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 203 Fardon v Attorney-General for the State of Queensland (2004) 210 ALR 50 Hyde v Energy Australia (1999) 92 IR 409 Kable v The Director of Public Prosecutions for the State of New South Wales (1996) 189 CLR 51 CASES CITED : Knowles v Anglican Church Property Trust (No 2) (1999) 95 IR 380 Metrocall Inc v Electronic Tracking Systems Pty Limited (No 2) (2000) 102 IR 309 Mullins v Peoplebank Australia Pty Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 457 Nagle (T/as W D and J L Nagle & Sons) v Tilburg (1993) 51 IR 8 National Australia Bank Ltd v Cassino [2002] NSWIRComm 241 R v Kirby, ex parte Boilermakers' Society of Australia (1956) 94 CLR 254 R v The Federal Court of Bankruptcy, Ex parte Lowenstein (1938) 59 CLR 556 Taudevin v Egis Consulting Australia Pty Limited (2000) 97 IR 165 Taudevin v Egis Consulting Australia Pty Limited (No 1) (2001) 131 IR 124, [2001] NSWIRComm 340 Taudevin v Egis Consulting Australia Pty Limited (No 2) (2002) 131 IR 178 Verso Technologies Inc v Rasmussen [2004] NSWIRComm 90 Wilson v Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (1996) 189 CLR 1 HEARING DATES: 10/18/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/15/2004