Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 7) [2014] NSWIC 5

Industrial Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 7) [2014] NSWIC 5 Hearing dates: 31 October 2014 Decision date: 28 November 2014 Before: Boland AJ Decision: The Court makes the following directions: (1) The parties have seven days from the date of this judgment in which to file short minutes of order reflecting the effect of this judgment on my orders in Nash No 2. (2) The defendants shall file and serve written submissions on costs within seven days of the date of this judgment. The Department and the prosecutor have a further seven days in which to reply. Unless a party wishes to be heard orally the question of costs will be dealt with on the papers. Catchwords: REFERENCE - Reference of questions of law to Full Bench pursuant to s 196 of Industrial Relations Act 1996 and s 5AE of Criminal Appeal Act 1912 - Full Bench provided answers to stated case - Obligation on Court to apply answers to orders made by the Court in interlocutory proceedings in circumstances where defendants contended Full Bench answers wrong and of no assistance to Court - Doctrine of precedence - Ratio decidendi - PUBLIC INTEREST IMMUNITY - Whether documents in respect of which public interest immunity claimed should be disclosed Legislation Cited: Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002 Coal Mine Health and Safety Amendment (Validation) Bill 2013 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Evidence Act 1995 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment Bill 2013 Cases Cited: Amalgamated Television Services v Marsden [1999] NSWCA 313 Brimaud v Honeysett Instant Print Pty Ltd (1988) 217 ALR 44 Coleman v Power [2004] HCA 39; (2004) 220 CLR 1 Director General, Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 371 Director of Public Prosecutions v Cassell (1995) 80 A Crim R 160 Garcia v National Australia Bank Ltd [1998] HCA 48; (1998) 194 CLR 395 Inspector Green v The Crown in Right of the State of New South Wales (Department of Commerce) [2006] NSWIRComm 368; (2006) 158 IR 227 Inspector Wolf v Rockdale Beef Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 280; (2006) 155 IR 36 Inspector Wolf v Rockdale Beef Pty Ltd (No 2) [2006] NSWIRComm 365 Mid-City Skin Cancer & Laser Centre Pty Ltd v Zahedi-Anarak [2006] NSWSC 844; (2006) 67 NSWLR 569 Mitchforce v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (2003) 124 IR 79 Mitchforce v Starkey [2002] NSWIRComm 85; (2002) 117 IR 122 Mitchforce Pty Ltd v Starkey (No.2) [2003] NSWIRComm 458; (2003) 130 IR 378 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 2) (2013) 237 IR 283; [2013] NSWIRComm 67 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 3) (2013) 237 IR 340; [2013] NSWIRComm 72 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 4) (2013) 237 IR 355; [2013] NSWIRComm 80 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 5) (2013) 237 IR 400; [2013] NSWIRComm 99 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 6) [2014] NSWIRComm 36 Pivotel Satellite Pty Ltd v Optus Mobile Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 121 Undershaft (No 1) Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [2009] FCA 41; (2009) 175 FCR 150 R v Hickman; Ex parte Fox and Clinton [1945] HCA 53; (1945) 70 CLR 598 R v Madden (1996) 95 A Crim R 367 Robinson v Woolworths [2005] NSWCCA 426; (2005) 64 NSWLR 612 Starkey v Mitchforce Pty Ltd [2000] NSWIRComm 216; (2000) 101 IR 177 Talay v R [2010] NSWCCA 308 Taylor v Environment Protection Authority (2000) 50 NSWLR 48; [2000] NSWCCA 71 Viro v R [1978] HCA 9; (1978) 141 CLR 88 Texts Cited: C K Allen, Law in the Making, 1951, 7th ed, Oxford University Press Hansard, Legislative Assembly, 30 October 2013, 25059 R Cross, Precedent in English Law, 1968, 2nd ed, Clarendon Press Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Director General, Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services (Applicant on the Motion) Jennifer Anne Nash (Prosecutor in the substantive proceedings) Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd and Integra Coal Operations Pty Ltd (Respondents on the Motion/Defendants in the substantive proceedings) Representation: S Odgers SC with M Kumar of counsel (Applicant on the Motion) J Agius SC with C Magee of counsel (Prosecutor in the substantive proceedings) A Moses SC (Respondents on the Motion/Defendants in the substantive proceedings) I V Knight, Crown Solicitor's Office (Applicant and Prosecutor) Ashurst Australia Lawyers (Respondents) File Number(s): IRC 315 and 316 of 2011