Cretney v Director General, New South Wales Department of Education and Training (No 4) [2010] NSWIRComm 17

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Cretney v Director General, New South Wales Department of Education and Training (No 4) [2010] NSWIRComm 17

PARTIES: Patricia Cretney (Appellant) Director General, New South Wales Department of Education and Training (Respondent)

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 1422 of 2008

CORAM: Boland J President; Walton J Vice-President; Backman J

CATCHWORDS: APPEAL - COSTS - Whether Full Bench should depart from the usual order that costs follow the event - Summary of applicable principles - Whether appellant succeeded on a small portion of her claims - Whether appellant failed in relation to a distinct and severable portion of her claims - Whether the majority of the appellant's claims made were unsuccessful - Whether compensation awarded was modest or trivial - Held no special circumstances that would cause departure from the usual order as to costs in either the proceedings below or the appeal.

LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996

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