Weisser and Spur Group Pty Limited [2002] NSWIRComm 116

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Weisser and Spur Group Pty Limited [2002] NSWIRComm 116 APPLICANT TO NOTICE OF MOTION PARTIES : Spur Group Pty Limited RESPONDENT TO NOTICE OF MOTION Gabriel Weisser FILE NUMBER: 5380 of 2001 CORAM: Sams DP Notice of motion - costs in unfair dismissal proceedings - s181(2)(c) and s181 of the Act - unreasonable refusal to settle - conduct of the parties - whether claim vexatious - principles considered. CATCHWORDS : Held, inappropriate to cavil with Commission's decision - unnecessary to find whether claim vexatious - respondent unreasonably refused to settle claim - settlement offer exceeded maximum compensation - costs ordered from date of refusal to accept settlement - order made. LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 Attorney General v Wentworth (1998) 14 NSWLR 48 Barbara Sparks v Fred Hoskings Pty Ltd (unreported, Sams DP, Matter IRC3939 of 1998, 5 March 1999) CASES CITED : Four Sons Pty Limited v Sakchai Limsiripothong (No 2) 100 IR 400 Bankstown City Council v Paris, 93 IR 209 Blageveocj v Australian Industrial Relations Commission [2000] FCA 483, 98 IR 32 HEARING DATES: 05/07/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/30/2002

APPLICANT TO NOTICE OF MOTION Mr S Coleman of Counsel SOLICITORS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Morgan Lewis Alter, Lawyers RESPONDENT TO NOTICE OF MOTION Mr D Greenstein, Solicitor Greenstein Shakenovsky