Crewdson v Department of Community Services & Anor [2002] NSWIRComm 121

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Crewdson v Department of Community Services & Anor [2002] NSWIRComm 121 APPLICANT - RESPONDENT TO NOTICE OF MOTION Mr G Crewdson

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT - FIRST APPLICANT ON NOTICE OF MOTION Department of Community Services

SECOND RESPONDENT - SECOND APPLICANT ON NOTICE OF MOTION Central Sydney Area Health Service FILE NUMBER: IRC 3140 of 2001 CORAM: Boland J CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Declaratory orders - Notice of Motion - Power of NSW Industrial Relations Commission to make declaratory orders - Public sector employment - Deed of release as a bar to proceedings - Anshun Estoppel - Abuse of process - Admissions - Judgment on admissions - Notice of Motion dismissed - Directions - Costs Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Community Services (Complaints Appeals and Monitoring) Act 1993 Contracts Review Act 1980 LEGISLATION CITED : Freedom of Information Act 1989 Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal Act 1980 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996 Protected Disclosures Act 1994 Public Sector Management Act 1988 Public Sector Management (General) Regulation 1996 "A" v Commission for Children and Young People & Anor [2001] NSWIRComm 194 Atlantis Relocations (NSW) Pty Ltd v Department of Industrial Relations (Inspector O'Regan) (1997) 99 IR 125 Bryant v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1995) 57 FCR 287 Central Sydney Area Health Service v Crewdson [2001] NSWADTAP 44 revised 14/02/02 Crewdson v Central Sydney Area Health Service [2000] NSWADT 184 Crewdson v New South Wales Health Department Medical Appeals Panel (EOD) [2001] NSWADTAP 11 Crewdson v Niland & Ors [2001] NSWADT 87 Crewdson v Niland & Ors (EOD) [2000] NSWADTAP 5 Crewdson v President, Anti-Discrimination Tribunal of New South Wales [2000] NSWADT 60 David Jones Ltd v Cukeric (1997) 78 IR 430 Davies v Amalgamated TV Services (1998) 81 IR 362 Ford v SAS Trustee Corporation (2000) 98 IR 444 Forster v Jododex Australia Pty Ltd (1972) 127 CLR 421 Gerard Crewdson v State of New South Wales [2001] NSWIRComm 216 Glass Workers' Redundancy (State) Award Re [1998] NSWIRComm 297 Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100, 67 ER 313 CASES CITED : Ibeneweka v Egbuna [1964] 1 WLR 219 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd v National Union of Workers, New South Wales Branch (1998) 89 IR 391 Ling v Commonwealth (1996) 68 FCR 180, (1996) 139 ALR 159 Nagle v Tilburg (1993) 51 IR 8 Neeta (Epping) Pty Ltd v Phillips (1974) 131 CLR 286 National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited v Grosvenor Hill (Queensland) (Formerly Hillier, Parker (Queensland) Pty Limited) (2000) 183 ALR 700, [2001] FCA 237 (13 March 2001) Orbit Travel Services Pty Limited v The Australian Federation of Travel Agents Limited [2000] NSWSC 127 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 Public Service Association of New South Wales v Public Service Board of New South Wales (1985) 12 IR 98 Public Employment Industrial Relations Authority v Public Service Association of New South Wales (Re Scorzelli & Ors) (1993) 49 IR 169 Rahme v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (unreported, NSW Court of Appeal, 20 December 1991) Reich v Client Server Professionals of Australia Pty Ltd (2000) 49 NSWLR 551, (2000) 99 IR 69 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 RR v Department of Army (1980) 482 F Supp 770 Russian Commercial and Industrial Bank v British Bank for Foreign Trade Ltd [1921] 2 AC 438 Stuart v Sanderson (2000) 100 FCR 150, (2000) 175 ALR 681 Virtue v New South Wales Department of Education and Training (1999) 92 IR 428 Yat Tung Investment Co Ltd v Dao Heng Bank Ltd [1975] AC 581 HEARING DATES: 03/18/2002; 03/19/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/31/2002