UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA PROPERTY TRUST (NSW) v INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NSW IN COURT SESSION & Anor [2004] NSWCA 183

Reported Decision : 60 NSWLR 602

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA PROPERTY TRUST (NSW) v INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NSW IN COURT SESSION & Anor [2004] NSWCA 183 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 April 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 July 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Mason P at 2; Handley JA at 75 DECISION : Summons dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996, ss 164(2) & 180 - contempt - whether Commission had jurisdiction to hear and determine contempt proceedings - jurisdictional error - whether fact of guilt a jurisdictional fact (D) LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 s106 Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147 Bhagat v Global Custodians Ltd [2002] NSWCA 160 Brittain v Kinnaird (1819) 1 Brod & B 432 Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd v Australian Industrial Relations Commission & Ors (2000) 203 CLR 194 Continental Venture Capital Ltd v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (in liq) (2001) 53 NSWLR 687 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 DMW v CGW (1982) 151 CLR 491 Eastman v Director of Public Prosecutions (ACT) & Ors [2003] HCA 28 Ex p Ackland (1847) 9 LT (OS) 146 Fisher v Madden as Receiver and Manager of Dataflow Computer Services Pty Ltd (2002) 54 NSWLR 179 Groenvelt v Burwell (1699) 1 Ld Raym 454 Harkianakis v Skalkos (1997) 42 NSWLR 22 Industrial Registrar of New South Wales v The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) [2003] NSW IRComm 387 (Marks J and Boland J) and [2003] NSWIRComm 388 (Haylen J) Kemp v Neville (1861) 10 CB (NS) 523 Malkarjun bin Shidramappa Pasare v Narhari bin Shivappa (1900) LR 27 Ind App 216 McIntyre v Perkes (1988) 15 NSWLR 417 CASES CITED : Meyers v Casey (1913) 17 CLR 90 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 Mitchforce Pty Ltd v Industrial Relations Commission (2003) 57 NSWLR 212 Parisienne Basket Shoes Pty Ltd v Whyte (1938) 59 CLR 369 Perkes v Landon (1988) 15 NSWLR 408 Pioneer Concrete (Vic) Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1982) 152 CLR 460 Pioneer Concrete (Vic) Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1982) 152 CLR 460 R v Bolton (1841) 1 QB 66 R v Nat Bell Liquors Ltd [1922] 2 AC 128 R v Pearce (1992) 7 WAR 395 Re Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association of Australasia; Ex parte Cambourn (1990) 96 ALR 114 Re Macks; Ex parte Saint (2000) 204 CLR 158 Re McJannet; Ex parte Minister for Employment, Training and Industrial Relations (Qld) (1995) 184 CLR 620 Solution 6 Holdings Ltd & Ors v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales & Ors [2004] NSWCA 200 The King v Blakeley; Ex parte Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia (1950) 82 CLR 54 The Queen v Australian Stevedoring Industry Board; Ex part Melbourne Stevedoring Co Pty Ltd (1953) 88 CLR 100 The Queen v Gray; Ex parte Marsh (1985) 157 CLR 351 Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL (1999) 46 NSWLR 55 PARTIES : UNITING CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA PROPERTY TRUST (NSW) v INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NSW & Anor FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40074/04 Claimant: S Gageler SC/ A Moses COUNSEL : 1st Opponent: Submitting 2nd Opponent: M Buscombe Intervenor: M Sexton SC/ N Dliarp Claimant: Clayton Utz SOLICITORS : 1 & 2 Opponent: I V Knight Crown Solicitor Intervenor: Crown Solicitor's Office