McKerlie v State of New South Wales [1999] NSWSC 1050

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : McKerlie v State of New South Wales [1999] NSWSC 1050 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : 20662/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 October 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 October 1999

Colin Robert McKerlie (Plaintiff) PARTIES : State of New South Wales (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr J H Pearce (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr P Menzies QC with Mr D Dickinson (Defendant) Gillis Delaney Brown (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Crown Solicitor (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Summary judgment; strike out statement of claim; termination of employment Public Service Management Act 1988 (NSW) ACTS CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1991 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Public Sector Management Act 1988 Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWCA, unreported 26 August 1998) Dey v Victoria Railway Commissioners (1948-49) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 CASES CITED : Shenton v Smith 1895 AC 229 at pp 234, 235 Fletcher v Nott (1938) 60 CLR at 77 Kaye v Attorney General for Tasmania (1955-1956) 94 CLR 193 at 198 Suttling v Director-General of Education (1985) 3 NSWLR 427 at 447 Suttling v Director-General of Education (1986-87) 162 CLR 427 DECISION : See para 26