Orange Community Accommodation Service Incorporated and Carolyn Vivienne Roddenby [2004] NSWIRComm 333

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Orange Community Accommodation Service Incorporated and Carolyn Vivienne Roddenby [2004] NSWIRComm 333 APPELLANT PARTIES : Orange Community Accommodation Service Incorporated RESPONDENT Carolyn Vivienne Roddenby FILE NUMBER: IRC2444 of 2004 CORAM: Walton J Vice-President; Sams DP; Murphy C CATCHWORDS : Appeal - application for leave to appeal and appeal - unfair dismissal - costs in unfair dismissal proceedings - whether unreasonable refusal to settle claim - failure to consider various offers made to settle the claim - errors of law and principle - leave to appeal granted - appeal raised issues for the disposal of costs applications in unfair dismissal proceedings - focus on initial offers and not the overall conduct of the parties - appellant did not unreasonably refuse to settle claim - appeal upheld - Commissioner's orders set aside - parties to pay own costs at first instance and on appeal. LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 Legal Profession Act 1987 Bankstown City Council v Paris (1999) 93 IR 209 Four Sons Pty Ltd v Sakchai Limsiripothong (No 2) (2000) 100 IR 400 IGA Distribution Pty Ltd and Moses No 3 [2003] NSWIRComm 230 CASES CITED : Knowles v Anglican Church Property Trust (No 2) (1999) 95 IR 380 Perrot v Xcellnet Australian Limited (1998) 84 IR 255 Van Huisstede v Commissioner of Police (No 2) (2001) 106 IR 56 Weisser v Spur Group Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 79 HEARING DATES: 10/22/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/22/2004