Director-General, Department of Education and Training v New South Wales Teachers Federation [2000] NSWIRComm 17

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Director-General, Department of Education and Training v New South Wales Teachers Federation [2000] NSWIRComm 17 APPLICANT Director-General, Department of Education and Training PARTIES : DEFENDANT New South Wales Teachers Federation

FILE NUMBER: IRC785 of 2000 CORAM: Marks J Practice and Procedure - Application for monetary penalty - Application in the nature of proceedings for civil contempt - Adjournment where underlying dispute order the subject of appeal

Evidence - Criminal standard of proof and criminal procedures applied CATCHWORDS : Dispute orders - statutory requirements, ambiguity, breach

Industrial Relations Act 1996 s137 s138 s139 LEGISLATION CITED : Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 s119 Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 s93 Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union & Ors v Mudginberri Station Pty Ltd (1986) 161 CLR 98 Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525 Hinch v Attorney-General (Vict) (1987) 164 CLR 15 The King v The Associated Northern Collieries & Ors CASES CITED : (1910) 11 CLR 738 esp 742 et seq Gapes v Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd (1979) 38 FLR 431 Platt v Treweneck (1953) 52 AR 642 Microsoft Corporation v Marks (1996) 139 ALR 99, 121 Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Morgan (1964 - 1965) 12 CLR 483 Watkins v AJ Wright (Electrical Ltd) [1996] All ER 31 HEARING DATES: 03/01/2000; 03/02/2000; 03/03/2000; 03/06/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/13/2000