Doyle, Wayne v Prices Removal & Storage Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 697

Doyle, Wayne v Prices Removal & Storage Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 697

The proceeding was instituted without reasonable cause because the applicant commenced it without making any attempt to check the reliability of the particulars, which were prepared from material he supplied, advanced a claim on an unsupported basis that he was a casual employee throughout the relevant period, and contained extensive unreliable entries such that it was not reasonable to require the respondent or the Judicial Registrar to identify any isolated legitimate claims. The applicant had to take responsibility for the claim advanced on his behalf, and no evidence justified a contrary inference from the log book issue.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
01 June 1998
Procedural Posture
Application for Review of a Decision of Judicial Registrar Ryan in a Workplace Relations Act 1996 (cth) Wage Arrears Proceeding / Hearing De Novo on the Transcript of Evidence Before the Judicial Registrar
Outcome
Application dismissed; applicant ordered to pay the respondent's costs of the notice of motion, including reserved costs.
Legal Topics
['arrears of Wages' 'costs in Proceedings Under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (cth)' 'proceedings Instituted Without Reasonable Cause' 'review of Judicial Registrar Decision']
['employment Law' 'industrial Relations' 'costs'] ['arrears of Wages' 'costs in Proceedings Under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (cth)' 'proceedings Instituted Without Reasonable Cause' 'review of Judicial Registrar Decision']

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Procedural Posture

Application for Review of a Decision of Judicial Registrar Ryan in a Workplace Relations Act 1996 (cth) Wage Arrears Proceeding / Hearing De Novo on the Transcript of Evidence Before the Judicial Registrar

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the applicant's proceeding was instituted without reasonable cause within s 347 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth)." "Whether the applicant should pay the respondent's costs of the proceeding before the Judicial Registrar and of the review application."]

Ratio Decidendi

The proceeding was instituted without reasonable cause because the applicant commenced it without making any attempt to check the reliability of the particulars, which were prepared from material he supplied, advanced a claim on an unsupported basis that he was a casual employee throughout the relevant period, and contained extensive unreliable entries such that it was not reasonable to require the respondent or the Judicial Registrar to identify any isolated legitimate claims. The applicant had to take responsibility for the claim advanced on his behalf, and no evidence justified a contrary inference from the log book issue.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed; applicant ordered to pay the respondent's costs of the notice of motion, including reserved costs.

Orders

  • ['The application be dismissed.' "The applicant pay the respondent's costs of the notice of motion, including reserved costs."]