Hamberger v Ramsey Food Packaging Pty Ltd [2004] FCA 842

Hamberger v Ramsey Food Packaging Pty Ltd [2004] FCA 842

The application to strike out the applicant's affidavits was dismissed as the material was not obviously irrelevant, improper language alone did not warrant exclusion, and s 298V did not prevent presenting evidence of the employer's reasons.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
23 June 2004
Procedural Posture
Application / Interlocutory Application to Strike Out Affidavits
Outcome
application dismissed
Legal Topics
['oppressive Affidavits' 'relevance of Evidence' 'statutory Presumptions']
['employment Law' 'civil Procedure'] ['oppressive Affidavits' 'relevance of Evidence' 'statutory Presumptions']

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Procedural Posture

Application / Interlocutory Application to Strike Out Affidavits

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the applicant's affidavits should be struck out as oppressive due to irrelevance, improper language, or prematurity under s 298V of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth)"]

Ratio Decidendi

The application to strike out the applicant's affidavits was dismissed as the material was not obviously irrelevant, improper language alone did not warrant exclusion, and s 298V did not prevent presenting evidence of the employer's reasons.

Court Disposition

application dismissed

Orders

  • ['The application is dismissed.']