Heptonstall v Gaskin & Ors (No 2) [2005] NSWSC 30

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Heptonstall v Gaskin & Ors (No 2) [2005] NSWSC 30

HEARING DATE(S) : 03/02/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 9 February 2005

JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J at 1

DECISION : Leave given to Plaintiff to amend his Amended Statement of Claim to plead against third defendant implied term as to mutual trust and confidence in the contract of employment between them.

CATCHWORDS : Application to amend Statement of Claim - implied term as to mutual trust and confidence in contract of employment - whether law of Australia contemplates such a term - whether amendment futile - principles applicable to application.

Employment Rights Act 1996 (UK) LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Teaching Services Act 1980

Eastwood & Anor v Magnox Electric plc, McCabe v Cornwall County Council & Anor (2004) 3 WLR 322 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Gogay v Hertfordshire County Council (2000) IRLR 703 Hollingsworth v Commissioner of Police (1999) 47 NSWLR 151 at 190 Johnson v Unisys Ltd (2001) 1 AC 518 Malik and Mahmud v BCCI (1998) AC 21 Mannall v State of NSW [2001] NSWCA 327 NRMA Insurance Ltd v A.W. Edwards Pty Ltd (NSWCA 11 November 1994 p7) CASES CITED : State of NSW v Jeffery and Anor [2000] NSWCA 171 State of NSW v Paige (2002-2004) 60 NSWLR 371 State of NSW v Seedsman [2000] NSWCA 119 Sullivan v Moody; Thompson v Connon (2001) 207 CLR 562 Thomson v Orika Australia Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 939 para 141 Webster v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 at 602 White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1999) 2 AC 455 Woolcock St Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd (2004) 78 ALJR 628 at 651-2