Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union v Director of the Fair Work Building Industry InspectorateCitation:[2016] HCA 41Before:Nettle JDate:28 Oct 2016Case Number:A37/2016Read more

Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union v Director of the Fair Work Building Industry InspectorateCitation:[2016] HCA 41Before:Nettle JDate:28 Oct 2016Case Number:A37/2016Read more

The decision to refuse leave to withdraw admissions was not vitiated by jurisdictional error and was not amenable to appeal at this stage; constitutional writs were not available as statutory rights of appeal had not been exhausted.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
28 October 2016
Procedural Posture
Constitutional Writs / Administrative Law / Judgment
Outcome
Application dismissed
Legal Topics
Constitutional Writs, Jurisdictional Error, Procedural Fairness, Leave to Withdraw Admissions, Appealability of Interlocutory Decisions

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Procedural Posture

Constitutional Writs / Administrative Law / Judgment

  1. 1 Whether refusal to grant leave to withdraw admissions is amenable to appeal
  2. 2 Whether refusal to grant leave was vitiated by jurisdictional error
  3. 3 Whether final judgment based on admissions was vitiated by jurisdictional error

Ratio Decidendi

The decision to refuse leave to withdraw admissions was not vitiated by jurisdictional error and was not amenable to appeal at this stage; constitutional writs were not available as statutory rights of appeal had not been exhausted.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed

Orders

  • Application for constitutional writs dismissed
  • No order as to costs