Coghill v Indochine Resources Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] FCA 1131

Coghill v Indochine Resources Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] FCA 1131

Because Mr Coghill's proceeding included claims under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), the proceeding was in relation to a matter arising under that Act for the purposes of s 570(1), even if those claims were subsidiary or alternative to his common law contract claim. None of the exceptions in s 570(2) applied, and the...

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Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
23 October 2015
Procedural Posture
Industrial Law Proceeding Arising Out of Allegedly Unlawful Dismissal, Including Fair Work Act 2009 (cth) and Common Law Employment Contract Claims / Decision on Reserved Questions of Interest and Costs After Reasons in Coghill V Indochine Resources Pty Ltd (no 2) [2015] FCA 1030; Heard on the Papers
Outcome
Judgment entered for the applicant in the sum of USD 3,162,563 and AUD 7,673; no order as to costs.
Legal Topics
['costs in Fair Work Act Proceedings' 'pre Judgment Interest' 'national Employment Standards' 'breach of Employment Contract' 'accrued Jurisdiction']
['industrial Law' 'practice and Procedure' 'employment Law'] ['costs in Fair Work Act Proceedings' 'pre Judgment Interest' 'national Employment Standards' 'breach of Employment Contract' 'accrued Jurisdiction']

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Procedural Posture

Industrial Law Proceeding Arising Out of Allegedly Unlawful Dismissal, Including Fair Work Act 2009 (cth) and Common Law Employment Contract Claims / Decision on Reserved Questions of Interest and Costs After Reasons in Coghill V Indochine Resources Pty Ltd (no 2) [2015] FCA 1030; Heard on the Papers

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['In what amount should pre-judgment interest be awarded.' "Whether the Court should make an order that the respondent pay the applicant's costs." 'Whether s 570 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) precluded a costs order where relief was sought under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and at common law, even though the Fair Work Act claims were advanced in the alternative.']

Ratio Decidendi

Because Mr Coghill's proceeding included claims under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), the proceeding was in relation to a matter arising under that Act for the purposes of s 570(1), even if those claims were subsidiary or alternative to his common law contract claim. None of the exceptions in s 570(2) applied, and the Court was therefore precluded from ordering the respondent to pay the applicant's costs. Pre-judgment interest was awarded in the rounded sums of USD 514,451 and AUD 1,248, producing judgment sums of USD 3,162,563 and AUD 7,673.

Court Disposition

Judgment entered for the applicant in the sum of USD 3,162,563 and AUD 7,673; no order as to costs.

Orders

  • ["Judgment be entered in the applicant's favour in the sum of USD 3,162,563 and AUD 7,673." 'There be no order as to costs.']