NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: PURCELL v TULLETT PREBON (AUST) PTY LTD [2010] NSWCA 150
HEARING DATE(S): 01/07/2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 28 September 2010
JUDGMENT OF: Allsop P at 1; Basten JA at 2; Handley AJA at 3
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: CONTRACT – employment – fixed term – repudiation – walk out by employee – contract not terminated. - CONTRACT – performance – readiness and willingness. - EMPLOYMENT – contract for fixed term – repudiation – walk out by employee – contract not terminated. - EMPLOYMENT – repudiation – walk out by employee – negative restriction – injunction – contract not terminated – employer's direction to return to work – whether reasonable.
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
A-G for NSW v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [1952] HCA 2, 85 CLR 237 Alghussein Establishment v Eton College [1988] 1 WLR 587 HL Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty Ltd V Watson [1946] HCA 25, 72 CLR 435 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd [1995] HCA 24, 185 CLR 410 Foran v Wight [1989] HCA 51, 168 CLR 385 CASES CITED: Holland v Wiltshire [1954] HCA 42, 90 CLR 409 Ogle v Comboyuro Investments Pty Ltd [1976] HCA 21, 136 CLR 444 R v Darling Island Stevedoring and Lighteridge Co Ltd; Ex Parte Halliday & Sullivan [1938] HCA 44, 60 CLR 601 Rawson v Hobbs [1961] HCA 72, 107 CLR 466 Suttor v Gundowda Pty Ltd [1950] HCA 35, 81 CLR 418 Visscher v Guidice [2009] HCA 34, 239 CLR 361
PARTIES: A: Simon Purcell R: Tullett Prebon (Australia) Pty Limited
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 2008/00282167
COUNSEL: A: SJ Rushton SC and MS Henry R: JJE Fernon SC and RM Foreman
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