Rehabilitation Medicine Australia Pty Ltd v N I B Health Funds Ltd [2020] FCA...
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - discovery - vagueness of concise statement concealing issues in respect of which discovery is required - issues coming to light on interlocutory hearing
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INDUSTRIAL LAW - employment - adverse action - employee dismissed after being appointed as health and safety representative for the purposes of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic), making...
View ArticleFrigger v Trenfield (No 6) [2020] FCA 934
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for leave to amend originating application - where application made in close proximity to impending trial date - new claim maintained for trivial reason - leave to...
View ArticleAdelaide Brighton Cement Limited, in the matter of Concrete Supply Pty Ltd v...
COSTS — where the proceeding concerned a number of claims made by the plaintiff, namely a claim in debt as against the first defendant, a claim that the first, fourth, fifth and sixth defendants...
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MIGRATION - protection visas - whether the power in s 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to refuse to grant a visa can apply to an application for a protection visa - whether there is an inconsistency...
View ArticlePritchard v Fryer, in the matter of Pritchard [2020] FCA 933
BANKRUPTCY - application to set aside a bankruptcy notice based on judgment debt
View ArticleLeone v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 117
MIGRATION - appeal from a judgment of the Federal Court of Australia - where appellant's visa cancelled under s. 501(3A) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth.) following conviction for commercial drug...
View ArticleDyczynski v Gibson [2020] FCAFC 120
HIGH COURT AND FEDERAL COURT - Federal jurisdiction - jurisdiction of the Federal Court to determine the claims of all group members - meaning of "matter" PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for leave...
View ArticleSZSLA v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and...
MIGRATION - appeal from decision of Federal Circuit Court dismissing application for judicial review of decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal - where Tribunal affirmed delegate's decision to...
View ArticleMurrell v Mansfield Autism Statewide Services [2020] FCA 943
HUMAN RIGHTS - disability discrimination - application by litigation guardian for approval of settlement - whether settlement should be approved - applicable principles - settlement approved
View ArticleCommonwealth of Australia (Department of Education, Skills and Employment) v...
CORPORATIONS - winding up - creditors' voluntary winding up - application pursuant to s 90-15 of the Insolvency Practice Schedule (Corporations), being Sch 2 to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)...
View ArticleSmith v ACN 101 390 505 Pty Ltd (in liq) [2020] FCA 940
INDUSTRIAL LAW - general protections - adverse action - where appellant claimed contraventions of s 351(1) Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and dismissal for reasons of age - where s 361 Fair Work Act creates...
View ArticleTFM Epping Land Pty Ltd v Decon Australia Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 955
COSTS - application for quantification of costs thrown away by reason of an adjournment of the hearing payable forthwith and in a lump sum - whether costs claimed are costs thrown away - whether costs...
View ArticleMNLR v Minister of Home Affairs [2020] FCA 948
MIGRATION - application for review of a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Tribunal) not to revoke mandatory visa cancellation under s 501CA(4) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - where the...
View ArticleRooney v AGL Energy Limited (No 2) [2020] FCA 942
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - vacation of trial dates - where trial proposed to be conducted via video conferencing software in consequence of COVID-19 pandemic - whether prejudice occasioned by applicant...
View ArticleMutch v ISG Management Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] FCA 954
COSTS - s 570(2)(b) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) - various interlocutory applications unsuccessful - adjournment application causing costs to be thrown away - whether any "unreasonable act or...
View ArticleGoodwin v Commissioner of Police [2020] FCA 950
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth), ss 5(1)(a), (1)(e), (1)(j), and (2)(g) - Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth), s 28 - application for judicial review...
View ArticleSingh v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and...
MIGRATION - appeal from a decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia - where appeal challenges primary judge's refusal of an oral adjournment application - where Minister filed a notice of...
View ArticleFarrer on behalf of the Ngarrawanji Native Title Claim Group v State of...
NATIVE TITLE - consent determination - consequent dismissal of part of existing application - agreement of the parties - requirements of s 87 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) satisfied - appropriate...
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