Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd and ors v Caterpillar of Australia Ltd and anor (No. 9) [2001] NSWIRComm 260

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd and ors v Caterpillar of Australia Ltd and anor (No. 9) [2001] NSWIRComm 260 FIRST APPLICANT Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd

SECOND APPLICANT Harcourt David Gough

PARTIES : THIRD APPLICANT Anthony Lansley Gilmour

FIRST RESPONDENT Caterpillar of Australia Ltd

SECOND RESPONDENT Caterpillar Inc. FILE NUMBER: IRC 5227 of 2000 CORAM: Boland J Unfair Contract - Interlocutory proceedings - Whether jurisdiction to order interim injunctive relief - Applicability of equity law principles under s 106 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 - Promissory estoppel - Specific performance - Whether question of law should be decided at interlocutory stage - Commercial contract - Whether serious question to be tried - Balance of convenience - Application for interim relief granted. CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Power of Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session to grant interlocutory relief under s 106 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Agro Holdings Ltd v Flexi-Coil (Australia) Pty Ltd (unreported, Nicholson J, 26 November 1999, [1999] FCA 1658) American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd [1975] AC 396 Austotel Pty Ltd v Franklins Selfserve Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 582 Barclays Australia Investment Services Ltd v Nordby (1995) 99 IR 258 Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd v Simon Engineering (Australia) Pty Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 451 Bowker v Prophecy Technologies Pty Ltd (unreported, Marks J, 26 May 1999 Brigitte Lipman v AG Lifestyle Management Pty Limited [2001] NSWIRComm 115 Brown v Rezitis (1970) 127 CLR 157 Canberra Star Motors Pty Ltd v Chrysler Jeep Automotive Distributors Australia Pty Ltd [1999] NSWIRComm 310 Canizales v Microsoft Corporation (2000) 99 IR 426 Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia (1986) 161 CLR 148 Cardile v LED Builders Pty Limited (1998) 198 CLR494 Cocker v Tempest (1841) 7 MW 502 Collison v Hewston [2001] 103 IR 403 Cooper v Sithe Energies Australia Pty Limited [2000] NSWIRComm 132 CSR Ltd v Cigna Insurance Australia Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 345 Darvall v NZI Securities Australia Ltd (1990) 21 NSWLR 36, (1990) 39 IR 215 Dataforce Pty Ltd v Brambles Holdings Ltd (1988) VR 771 Davies v General Transport Development Pty Ltd [1967] AR (NSW) 371 Dickins v Gibb Nominee Services Pty Ltd (1991) 43 IR 276 Garry Rogers Motors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Subaru (Aust) Pty Ltd (unreported, Finkelstein J, 2 July 1999, [1999] FCA 903) Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd and Ors v Caterpillar of Australia Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 92 Grassby v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 1 Henville v Walker [2001] HCA 52 Harcourt Brace & Co (Australia) Pty Limited v Cory (1998) 81 IR 321 CASES CITED : Hortico (Australia) Pty Ltd v Energy Equipment Co (Australia) Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 545 Heavener v Loomes (1924) 34 CLR 306 Jackson v Sterling Industries Limited (1987) 162 CLR 612 Kenoss Contractors Pty Limited v Allied Constructions Pty Limited (2001) 104 IR 66 Kurt Keller Pty Ltd v BMW Australia Ltd (1984) 1 NSWLR 353 Logwon Pty Ltd v Warringah Shire Council (1993) 33 NSWLR 13 Loupos v Basa (1995) 62 IR 397 Maharaj v 7-Eleven Stores Pty Ltd (unreported,Peterson J, 4 April 1997)) Maiden v New Zealand Natural Pty Ltd (unreported, Hungerford J, 20 June 1997) Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Limited (1998) 196 CLR 494 New South Wales v Health and Research Employees' Association of New South Wales (unreported, NSW Industrial Relations Commission, 31 March 1993) Parsons v Martin (1984) 5 FCR 235 Perkins v Grace Worldwide (Australia) Pty Ltd (1997) 72 IR 186 Patrick Stevedores Operations (No.2) Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia (1998) 195 CLR 1 Port Macquarie Golf Club v Stead (1996) 64 IR 53 Reich v Client Server Professionals of Australia Pty Limited (Administrator Appointed) (2000) 99 IR 69 Sanderson Motors (Sales) Pty Ltd v Yorkstar Motors Pty Ltd [1983] 1 NSWLR 513 Scanruby v Caltex [2001] NSWIRComm 8 Sea Acres Rainforest Centre Pty Limited v The State of New South Wales [2001] NSWIRComm 207 Stevenson v Barham (1977) 136 CLR 190 Starkey v Mitchforce Pty Ltd [2000] NSWIRComm 216 The Commonwealth of Australia v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 Teletech International Pty Limited v Medical Benefits Fund of Australia (No.3) (unreported, Peterson J, 30 November 1998) Transport Workers' Union of Australia, NSW Branch & Ors v Boral Resources (NSW) Pty Ltd (unreported, Peterson J, 3 December 1992) Walker v Industrial Court of New South Wales (1994) 53 IR 121 Wheeler v Selbon Pty Ltd t/as Parklands Nursery [1984] 1 NSWLR 555, (1984) 7 IR 383 Zakrzewski v Rodgers (2001) 106 IR 1 HEARING DATES: 09/27/2001; 09/28/2001; 10/02/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/23/2001