Robberds & Anor v Turner Franchising and Allied Services Pty Ltd & Ors [2004] NSWIRComm 157

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Robberds & Anor v Turner Franchising and Allied Services Pty Ltd & Ors [2004] NSWIRComm 157 APPLICANT/RESPONDENT ON MOTION

FIRST APPLICANT Gregory Mervyn Robberds

SECOND APPLICANT Eileen Robberds

RESPONDENT/APPLICANT ON MOTION

FIRST RESPONDENT Turner Franchising and Allied Services Pty Ltd PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT Clive Turner

THIRD RESPONDENT Chooka's International Pty Ltd

FOURTH RESPONDENT Kevin Payne

RESPONDENT ON MOTION Lendlease Real Estate Investments Ltd GPT Management Ltd FILE NUMBER: 4921 of 2003 CORAM: Staff J CATCHWORDS : Unfair contract - Summons under s 106 of Industrial Relations Act - Notice of motion by respondents for joinder of additional respondents - Deed of release and lease between applicants and additional respondents not challenged - Applicants oppose notice of motion - Public policy interests - s 108 of Industrial Relations Act - Preliminary or threshold jurisdictional issue - Whether "appropriate stage" reached - Motion dismissed - Costs LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 Retail Leases Act 1994 Brown v Rezitis (1970) 127 CLR 157 Cukeric v David Jones Limited (1997) 78 IR 430 Dr Payne v The University of Sydney [2000] NSWIRComm 102 Dollfus Mieg Et Compagnie SA v Bank of England [1951] Ch 33 Eslick v Exben Pty Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 68 Euphoric Pty Limited v Ryledar Pty Limited (2002) 117 IR 1 Heath Group Australasia Pty Limited v Pengly (2001) 110 IR 376 Henry v Global Switch Australia Pty Ltd & Anor [2003] NSWIRComm 307 Hyde v Energy Australia (1999) 92 IR 409 CASES CITED : King v Cake it Away Pty Ltd & Ors [2002] NSWIRComm 45 Metrocall Inc v Electronic Tracking Systems Pty Ltd (No 2) (2000) 102 IR 309 Mitchforce v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (2003) 124 IR 79 Nagle v Tilburg (T/as WD & LJ Nagle & Sons) (1993) 51 IR 8 Paviour-Smith v National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd (1999) 91 IR 8 Robert Rolles and Ors v Donald Scott Surgicals Pty Limited and Anor Fisher P, Cahill VP, Bauer J, (unreported matter No 1948 of 1986, 19/2/1998) Victor Lahoud & Ors v Joseph Lahoud & Anor [2002] NSWIRComm 182 Virtue v New South Wales Department of Education and Training (1999) 92 IR 428 Wong v Cheng T/as Artist Production (1999) 91 IR 369 William John Lyons v Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Limited [2001] NSWIRComm 11 HEARING DATES: 05/14/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/04/2004