Rechlin v Glendinning Management Consultations Australia Pty Limited [2012] NSWSC 1261

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Rechlin v Glendinning Management Consultations Australia Pty Limited [2012] NSWSC 1261 Hearing dates: 23 August 2012 Decision date: 19 October 2012 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Schmidt J Decision: Appeal is dismissed Catchwords: APPEAL - appeal against Local Court decision - claim for long service leave payment - plaintiff summarily dismissed for serious and wilful misconduct - whether plaintiff entitled to payment of pro rata long service leave on termination of employment - proper construction of s 4(2)(iii) - appeal dismissed - costs Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Interpretation Act 1987 Local Court Act 2007 Long Service Leave Act 1955 Cases Cited: Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd ("Engineers' case") [1920] HCA 54; (1920) 28 CLR 129 Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34; (1938) 60 CLR 336 Darling Island Stevedoring & Lighterage Co Ltd v Jacobsen [1945] HCA 22; (1945) 70 CLR 635 IW v City of Perth [1997] HCA 30; (1997) 191 CLR 1 O'Brien v Komesaroff [1982] HCA 33; (1982) 150 CLR 310 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; 194 CLR 355 R v PL [2009] NSWCCA 256; (2009) 199 A Crim R 199 Shepherd v Felt & Textiles of Australia Ltd [1931] HCA 21; (1931) 45 CLR 359 Thompson v Groote Eylandt Mining Co Ltd [2003] NTCA 5; (2003)173 FLR 72 Tickle Industries Pty Ltd v Hann (1974) 130 CLR 321; (1974) 2 ALR 281 W.D. & H.O. Wills(Aust) Limited v Jamieson [1957] AR (NSW) 547 Texts Cited: Pearce and Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia, 7th ed (2011) LexisNexis Butterworths at [2.32] to [2.34] New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 15 October 1967 at 3264 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Neil Peter Philipp Rechlin (Plaintiff) Glendinning Management Consolations Australia Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr CP Lock (Plaintiff) Mr M Pesman (Defendant) Solicitors: Ward Legal (Plaintiff) Norton Rose Australia (Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/61396 Publication restriction: None