MAZZEI & ORS v THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NSW IN COURT SESSION & ORS [2000] NSWCA 104

Reported Decision : [2000] 97 IR 457

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : MAZZEI & ORS v THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NSW IN COURT SESSION & ORS [2000] NSWCA 104 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40760/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 April 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 April 2000

Dino Mazzei, Silvio Mazzei, Ross Bridgman and Rawson Manor Pty Ltd - Claimants Industrial Relations Commission of NSW in Court Session - First Opponent PARTIES : Craig Darren Smith - Second Opponent Kelly Ann Smith - Third Opponent Nutshack Franchise Pty Ltd - Fourth Opponent JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Priestley JA at 21; Sheller JA at 2

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales LOWER COURT CT96/1168 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Maidment J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P C Coleman - Claimants R Reitano - Second and Third Opponents SOLICITORS : Comlaw by their Sydney Agents Mavrakis & Associates - Claimants Barry Lazarus Lawyers - Second and Third Opponents CATCHWORDS : SUPREME COURT PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Costs - Security for costs - failure to comply with costs orders in proceedings before Industrial Relations Commission - abuse of process - Supreme Court Rules, Pt53 and Pt 51r16 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules CASES CITED: Marchant v Dunlop (1927) 44 WN (NSW) 108 Young v Jackman (1986) 7 NSWLR 97 DECISION : Application dismissed with costs

THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40760/99 IRC CT96/1168 SPIGELMAN CJ PRIESTLEY JA SHELLER JA