NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : McKerlie v State of New South Wales [2000] NSWSC 998 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20662/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 20 March 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 October 2000
PARTIES : Colin Robert McKerlie (Plaintiff/Appellant) State of New South Wales (Defendant/Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J
LOWER COURT Supreme Court (Master) JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 20662/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Master Harrison JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Plaintiff in person P Menzies QC / D Dickinson SOLICITORS : Colin Robert McKerlie (Plaintiff/Appellant) IV Knight (Defendant/Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Employment law - Crown employee - on probation - disciplinary proceedings - resignation - implied term in contract of employment of mutual confidence and trust - breach - whether constructive dismissal - bar to compensation for dismissal Public Sector Management Act 1988, ss 28, 54, 55 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1991 Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal Act 1980 Burazin v Blacktown City Guardian Pty Ltd (1996) 142 ALR 144 Mahmud v Bank of Credit and Commerce (in liq.) [1988] AC 20 Post Office v Roberts [1980] IRLR 347 Shenton v Smith [1895] AC 229 CASES CITED : Fletcher v Nott (1938) 60 CLR 55 Kaye v Attorney General for Tasmania (1956) 94 CLR 193 Sanders v Snell [1998] HCA 64, 72 ALJR 1508 Northern Territory v Mengel (1995) 185 CLR 307 Racz Home Office [1994] 2 AC 45 DECISION : Appeal dismissed
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