BARLOWORLD COATINGS (AUST) P/L v. AUSTRALIAN LIQUOR, HOSPITALITY & MISC. WORKER'S UNION [2001] NSWSC 826

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : BARLOWORLD COATINGS (AUST) P/L v. AUSTRALIAN LIQUOR, HOSPITALITY & MISC. WORKER'S UNION [2001] NSWSC 826 CURRENT JURISDICTION: EQUITY FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4574/2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 17/09/2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 September 2001

PARTIES : Barloworld Coatings (Aust) Pty ltd - Plaintiff Australian Liquor, Hospitality & Miscellaneous Workers' Union - Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Bryson J at 1

COUNSEL : R. Buchanan QC & N. Beaumont - Plaintiff S. Crawshaw S.C. - Defendant SOLICITORS : Freehills Solicitors - Plaintiff Steve Masselos & Co. - Defendant CATCHWORDS : INJUNCTIONS - interlocutory injunctions - INDUSTRIAL LAW - picketing - interlocutory injunction. Plaintiff owned Paint Factory - indefinite stoppage of work and picketing - picketing included obstruction, harrassment by insults - consideration of lawful picketing, unlawful picketing by obstruction and besetting - significance of proceedings in I.R.C. - injunctions in Supreme Court in industrial disputes - inerlocutory injunction granted. LEGISLATION CITED : Workplace Relations Act 1996 Harry M. Miller Attractions Pty Ltd v. Actors and Announcers Equity Association (1970) 1 NSWR 614 David Jones Limited v. Federated Storemen and Packers Union of Australia (NSW) & Ors (1985) 14 IR 75 David's Distribution Pty Ltd v. National Union of Workers (1999) 91 IR 198 Patrick Stevedores Operations Pty Ltd v. Maritime Union of Australia (1998) 82 IR 237 CASES CITED : Visy Board Pty Ltd & Anor v. Automotive Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing & Kindred Industries Union (1999) 91 IR 88 Sid Ross Agency Pty Ltd v. Actors & Announcers Equity Association of Australia [1971] NSWLR 760 at 767 Dollar Sweets Pty Ltd v. Federated Confectioners Association of Australia [1986] VR 383 Australian Builders' Labourers' Federated Union of Workers (WA Branch) v. J-Corp Pty Ltd (1993) 42 FCR 452 NSW Harness Racing Club Ltd v. Leichhardt Municipal Council (1997) 97 LGERA 256 DECISION : See para.24.