Fair Work Ombudsman v Foot & Thai Massage Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1584

Fair Work Ombudsman v Foot & Thai Massage Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1584

The Court dismissed the request for separate determination because, notwithstanding agreed facts, the proposed separate questions were unlikely to produce substantial savings in time or cost when the proceeding was viewed as a whole. The deed provisions related only to claims against the first respondent and did not bar proceedings against the second and third respondents, so the Court would still need to determine the allegations against the first respondent for the purposes of alleged accessorial liability under s 550 of the Fair Work Act. The contested relationship between the deed of company arrangement and the Fair Work Act also created uncertainty as to whether determining the...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
19 October 2018
Procedural Posture
Application Under R 30.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (cth) for Separate Determination of Questions in a Fair Work Proceeding / Amended Interlocutory Application
Outcome
Paragraph 1 of the amended interlocutory application was dismissed, with no order as to costs.
Legal Topics
['separate Determination of Questions' 'deed of Company Arrangement' 'fair Work Act Contraventions' 'accessorial Liability' 'civil Penalty Orders']
['practice and Procedure' 'employment and Industrial Relations' 'corporations and Insolvency'] ['separate Determination of Questions' 'deed of Company Arrangement' 'fair Work Act Contraventions' 'accessorial Liability' 'civil Penalty Orders']

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Procedural Posture

Application Under R 30.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (cth) for Separate Determination of Questions in a Fair Work Proceeding / Amended Interlocutory Application

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the proposed questions should be heard and determined separately under r 30.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth).' 'Whether a deed of company arrangement said to bind creditors under s 444D(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) justified separate determination of questions about compensation, non-compensatory orders and civil penalty orders under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).']

Ratio Decidendi

The Court dismissed the request for separate determination because, notwithstanding agreed facts, the proposed separate questions were unlikely to produce substantial savings in time or cost when the proceeding was viewed as a whole. The deed provisions related only to claims against the first respondent and did not bar proceedings against the second and third respondents, so the Court would still need to determine the allegations against the first respondent for the purposes of alleged accessorial liability under s 550 of the Fair Work Act. The contested relationship between the deed of company arrangement and the Fair Work Act also created uncertainty as to whether determining the...

Court Disposition

Paragraph 1 of the amended interlocutory application was dismissed, with no order as to costs.

Orders

  • ['Paragraph 1 of the amended interlocutory application dated 10 September 2018 (Amended Interlocutory Application) be dismissed.' 'Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Amended Interlocutory Application be stood over to the final hearing for determination.' 'There be no order as to costs.' 'The matter be listed for a case...