Bakers Delight Holdings Limited v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2009] NSWCA 126

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Bakers Delight Holdings Limited v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2009] NSWCA 126

HEARING DATE(S): 11 May 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 2 June 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Allsop P at 68; Tobias JA at 74

DECISION: The summons is dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – privative clause – supervisory jurisdiction of the New South Wales Court of Appeal – jurisdictional error – error within jurisdiction – evaluative judgment – comparison of original and amended pleadings – scope of Full Bench's decision – Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW), s 179(4) - INDUSTRIAL LAW – New South Wales – jurisdiction – privative clause – scope of Full Bench's decision – whether Full Bench decided jurisdiction over unfair contracts issue – Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW), ss 106, 179(4) - PROCEDURE – industrial law – amendments – whether pleading amendments constituted new and separate application – amendments to arrangements/contracts pleaded and relief sought – substance of application to be assessed – Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW), s 108B - WORDS AND PHRASES – "jurisdictional error" – "must"

LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996

Adams (Deputy Federal Commissioner of Taxation) (Victoria)) v Chas S Watson Pty Ltd (1938) 60 CLR 545 Barker v Palmer (1881) 8 QBD 9 Batterham v QSR Ltd [2006] HCA 23; (2006) 225 CLR 237 Caterpillar of Australia Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2009] NSWCA 83 Craig v South Australia (1994–1995) 184 CLR 163 Crowe v UCS Developments Pty Ltd [2003] NSW IRComm 234; (2003) 130 IR 266 Fish v Solution 6 Holdings Ltd [2006] HCA 22; (2006) 225 CLR 180 Gedeon v Commissioner of NSW Crime Commission [2008] HCA 43; (2008) 82 ALJR 1465 Kirk Group Holdings Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority NSW [2006] NSWCA 172; (2006) 66 NSWLR 151 CASES CITED: Manning v Thompson [1976] 2 NSWLR 380 Manning v Thompson [1977] 2 NSWLR 249 Manning v Thompson [1979] 1 NSWLR 384 Old UGC Inc v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales [2006] HCA 24; (2006) 225 CLR 274 Parisienne Basket Shoes Pty Ltd v Whyte (1937–1938) 59 CLR 369 R v Federal Court of Australia; Ex parte Pilkington ACI (Operations) Pty Ltd (1978) 142 CLR 113 Re Refugee Tribunal; Ex parte Aala [2000] HCA 57; (2000) 204 CLR 82 T D Preece & Co Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of NSW [2008] NSWCA 285; (2008) 177 IR 172 Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL [1999] NSWCA 8; (1999) 46 NSWLR 55 Yim v Industrial Relations Commission of NSW [2007] NSWCA 77; (2007) 162 IR 62