Youry Dawidar v One Steel Wire Pty Ltd and another [2004] NSWIRComm 372

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Youry Dawidar v One Steel Wire Pty Ltd and another [2004] NSWIRComm 372 APPLICANT/RESPONDENT ON MOTION Youry Dawidar

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT/APPLICANT ON MOTION OneSteel Wire Pty Ltd

SECOND RESPONDENT/APPLICANT ON MOTION Total Risk Management Pty Limited (as successors to the Trustees of the BHP Staff Superannuation Fund) FILE NUMBER: IRC 6010 of 2002 CORAM: Boland J Unfair Contract - Interlocutory application - Notice of motions seeking dismissal of summons under s 106 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 - Application of s 108B of Industrial Relations Act 1996 - Whether superannuation fund was governed by or amenable to the laws of New South Wales - Held s 108B applied to summons for relief - Summons dismissed CATCHWORDS : Practice and procedure - Interlocutory application - Notice of Motions seeking dismissal of summons under s 106 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 - Application of s 108B of Industrial Relations Act 1996 - Whether superannuation fund was governed by or amenable to the laws of New South Wales - Held s 108B applied to summons for relief - Summons dismissed Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Amendment (Unfair Contracts) Act 2002 (Repealed) Interpretation Act 1987 Abbott v Minister of Lands [1895] AC 425 Attorney-General (QLD) v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2002) 213 CLR 485, 117 IR 52 Aveling v UBS Capital Markets Australia Holdings Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 261 Beahan v Bush Boake Allen Australia Limited (1999) 47 NSWLR 648 Bowker & Anor v Software Engineers Australia (NSW) Pty Limited & Ors [2003] NSWIRComm 213 Crowe v UCS Developments Pty Ltd [2003] 130 IR 266 Director of Public Works v Ho Po Sang [1961] AC 901 Esber v The Commonwealth of Australia (1992) 174 CLR 430 Fisher v Madden (2002) 54 NSWLR 179 Free Lanka Insurance Co Ltd v Ranasinghe [1964] AC 541 GIO Australia Limited v O'Donnell (1996) 70 IR 1 CASES CITED : Gosper v Sawyer (1985) 160 CLR 548, 58 ALR 13, 9 IR 452 Hollingsworth v Commissioner of Police (1998) 47 NSWLR 104 Kennedy v Contract Transport Solutions Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 158 Larsen v Ondeo Nalco Australia Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 123 Majik Markets Pty Ltd v Brake and Service Centre Drummoyne Pty Ltd (1991) 28 NSWLR 443 Mathieson v Burton (1971) 124 CLR 1 Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 Mullins v People Bank of Australia Pty Ltd [2003] 134 IR 1 NSW Aboriginal Land Council v Minister (1988) 14 NSWLR 685 Re Ross ex parte Australian Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union [2001] FCA 770 Victrawl Pty Ltd v Telstra Corp Ltd (1995) 131 ALR 465 Wreckair Pty Limited v Fernance (1995) 58 IR 343 HEARING DATES: 11/12/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/10/2004