Martin Kingham, Vince Raffa, Bill Oliver, Wayne Torpy, Dirk van Dam, Victor Nicoli, Bernard Giagnacova, Gerrard Lavery, Roy Williams, Frank O'Grady, Malcolm Ratel, John McPartlin, Patrick Lennon, David Noonan, John Loh, David Pillar, John Canning & Zelko Prazak (Appellants) and Neil Raymond Morris, Derek Cafferty, Peter Grundy, Malcolm Newham, K Hughes, M Garcia, P Boyle & M Evans (Respondents) [1995] IRCA 56

Martin Kingham, Vince Raffa, Bill Oliver, Wayne Torpy, Dirk van Dam, Victor Nicoli, Bernard Giagnacova, Gerrard Lavery, Roy Williams, Frank O'Grady, Malcolm Ratel, John McPartlin, Patrick Lennon, David Noonan, John Loh, David Pillar, John Canning & Zelko Prazak (Appellants) and Neil Raymond Morris, Derek Cafferty, Peter Grundy, Malcolm Newham, K Hughes, M Garcia, P Boyle & M Evans (Respondents) [1995] IRCA 56

Parties
Prosecutors: Martin Kingham and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union; First Respondent: Honourable John Augustine Keely; Second Respondent: Neil Raymond Morris; Appellants: Martin Kingham, Vince Raffa, Bill Oliver, Wayne Torpy, Dirk Van Dam, Victor Nicoli, Bernard Giagnacova, Gerard Lavery, Roy Williams, Frank O'Grady, Malcolm Ratel, John McPartlin, Patrick Lennon, David Noonan, John Loh, David Pillar, John Canning and Zelko Prazak; Respondents: Neil Raymond Morris, Derek Cafferty, Peter Grundy, Malcolm Newham, K Hughes, M Garcia, P Boyle and M Evans
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
28 February 1995
Procedural Posture
Application for Writs and Appeal / Orders After Hearing in Full Court
Outcome
Application and appeal allowed; prior orders set aside; writs issued; application dismissed
Legal Topics
Union Elections, Judicial Review, Prohibition, Mandamus, Certiorari, Appeal From Single Judge
Industrial Law Union Elections Judicial Review Prohibition Mandamus Certiorari Appeal From Single Judge

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Parties

Martin Kingham and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union

Prosecutors

Honourable John Augustine Keely

First Respondent

Neil Raymond Morris

Second Respondent

Martin Kingham, Vince Raffa, Bill Oliver, Wayne Torpy, Dirk Van Dam, Victor Nicoli, Bernard Giagnacova, Gerard Lavery, Roy Williams, Frank O'Grady, Malcolm Ratel, John McPartlin, Patrick Lennon, David Noonan, John Loh, David Pillar, John Canning and Zelko Prazak

Appellants

Neil Raymond Morris, Derek Cafferty, Peter Grundy, Malcolm Newham, K Hughes, M Garcia, P Boyle and M Evans

Respondents

Procedural Posture

Application for Writs and Appeal / Orders After Hearing in Full Court

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether orders made by Keely J regarding an inquiry into union elections should be prohibited, quashed or require rehearing
  2. 2 Whether the appeal from orders of Keely J should be allowed

Court Disposition

Application and appeal allowed; prior orders set aside; writs issued; application dismissed

Orders

  • A writ of prohibition forbidding further proceedings on the orders made by Keely J on 14 November and 1 December 1994 in connection with an inquiry into elections to offices in the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
  • A writ of certiorari requiring the record of the proceedings in the election inquiry to be brought in and the said orders quashed