Heath v Hanning [1999] NSWSC 719

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Heath v Hanning [1999] NSWSC 719 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : 1806/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 10 May 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 July 1999

Heath Group Australasia Pty Ltd & Anor (P) PARTIES : v Leonard Henry Hanning & Anor (D) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

COUNSEL : P Kite SC & M Thangaraj (P) W R Haylen QC & R Reitano (D) SOLICITORS : Norton Smith & Co (P) R L Whyburn & Associates (D) CATCHWORDS : Courts - jurisdiction - cross-vesting of jurisdiction - application for removal of proceedings before Industrial Relations Commission to Supreme Court - jurisdiction of Supreme Court in those proceedings - factors relevant to Supreme Court's discretion to remove proceedings ACTS CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW), ss 106, 109 Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Acts, 1987 (NSW & Cth), ss 4, 5, 8, 9 Adamson v NSW Rugby League Ltd (1991) 27 FCR 535 Bankinvest AG v Seabrook (1988) 14 NSWLR 711 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Bruning v Kingsmill (Australia) Pty Ltd (1998) 44 NSWLR 180 David Jones Ltd v Cukeric (1997) 78 IR 430 Dawson v Baker (1994) 120 ACTR 11 Gallagher v Pioneer Concrete (NSW) Pty Ltd (1993) 113 ALR 159 Gaza Grazing Pty Ltd v Ampol Exploration Ltd [1990] 1 Qld R 202 Harry M Miller Attractions Pty Ltd v Actors' & Announcers' Equity Association of Australia [1970] 1 NSWLR 614 Johnston v Becker [1999] NSWSC 310 Minister for Youth & Community Services v Health & Research Employees' Association of Australia (1987) 10 NSWLR 543 Minproc Ltd v Killinger [1999] NSWSC 564 CASES CITED : Murray v Transport Workers' Federation of Australia [1969] 1 NSWR 351 National Parks & Wildlife Service v Stables Perisher Pty Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 573 Nisbet v Kilfoyle (Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales, Commission in Court Session, Full Bench, No.CT1120/96, 18 December 1996, unreported) Nordby v Barclays Australia Investment Services Ltd (1994) 53 IR 319 Queensland v Commonwealth (1977) 139 CLR 585 Re Dingjan; ex parte Wagner (1995) 183 CLR 323 Re Wakim; ex parte McNally [1999] HCA 27 Rothmans v Industrial Court of New South Wales (1994) 53 IR 157 Stevenson v Barham (1997) 136 CLR 190 The Rochester Communications Group Pty Ltd v Adler (1996) 65 FCR 572 Walker v Industrial Court of New South Wales (1994) 53 IR 121 Wiest v DPP (1988) 23 FCR 472 Winron Pty Ltd v Shell Company of Australia Ltd (1996) 66 IR 64 Wood v Boral Resources (NSW) Pty Ltd (No.4980/92, 28 October 1993, unreported) DECISION : Orders for removal of proceedings as sought by plaintiff