NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 161 IR 250
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Downe v Sydney West Area Health Service [2006] NSWSC 1416 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 24 November 2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 19 December 2006
JURISDICTION : Supreme Court
JUDGMENT OF : Rothman J
DECISION : i. the motion of the defendants be dismissed; ii. the defendants pay the plaintiff's costs of and incidental to the motion, as agreed or assessed.
CATCHWORDS : TRADE AND COMMERCE - employment-requirement for circumstances - taking activity beyond mere employment - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS - UNFAIR CONTRACTS - exclusion for employees earning more than remuneration cap - meaning of "arrangement" - meaning of "related condition" - excludes award and statutory benefits - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - strike out - not finally determine questions that will not shorten proceedings.
Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : State Authorities Superannuation Act 1987 (NSW) Trade Practices Act 1976 (Cth)
ACCC v Amcor Printing Papers Group Ltd (2000) 169 ALR 344 Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty Ltd v Watson (1946) 72 CLR 435 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 Byrne & Frew v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 185 CLR 410 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 CASES CITED : Concrete Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd v Nelson (1990) 169 CLR 594 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Luna Park (NSW) Ltd v Tramways Advertising Pty Ltd (1938) 61 CLR 286 Project Blue Sky v ABA (1998) 194 CLR 355 Sun Earth Homes Pty Ltd v ABC (1993) 45 FCR 265 True v Amalgamated Collieries of W.A. Ltd (1938) 59 CLR 417 Whitman Machine Tool Sales Ltd v L. Schuler AG [1972] 1 WLR 840
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