Saint-Gobain Warehousing Pty Ltd v National Union of Workers & Ors [2006] NSWSC 1210

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Saint-Gobain Warehousing Pty Ltd v National Union of Workers & Ors [2006] NSWSC 1210

HEARING DATE(S) : 10/11/06, 12/11/06

JUDGMENT DATE : 13 November 2006

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 11/13/2006

DECISION : Limited interlocutory injunction

CATCHWORDS : TORT - nuisance - besetting - union organised picket at plaintiff's warehouse - whether serious question to be tried as to physical obstruction - whether serious questions to be tried as to besetting - balance of convenience - whether individuals or only union should be subjected to interim order

LEGISLATION CITED : Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth), ss.420, 447

Barloworld Coatings (Aust) Pty Limited v Australian Liquor, Hospitality, and Miscellaneous Workers Union (2001) 108 IR 107 CASES CITED : Communications Electrical Electronics Energy Information Postal Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v Australian Postal Corporation, Finkelstein J, 26 February 2004, unreported Dollar Sweets Pty Ltd v Federated Confectioners Association of Australia [1986] VR 383 Morris McMahon & Co Pty Ltd v Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing & Kindred Industries Union [2003] NSWSC 452

Saint-Gobain Warehousing Pty Limited - Plaintiff The National Union of Workers - First Defendant Paul Zammit - Second Defendant Nenad Mujcinovic - Third Defendant Maine Pau Tai - Fourth Defendant Peter Ryan - Fifth Defendant PARTIES : Gyan Chandra - Sixth Defendant Varadaraj Subramani - Seventh Defendant Justin Cody - Eighth Defendant Wayne Meaney - Ninth Defendant Tony Seymour - Tenth Defendant Jeff Gearin - Eleventh Defendant Zenaida Rivera - Twelfth Defendant