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Spiratos v Australasian United Steam Navigation Co. Ltd [1988] FCA 384
The court construed union election rules, held unfinanciality could not be cured after nominations closed, and terminated the election inquiry.
Murphy, D.E. v Eagleton, T.F. & Ors [1987] FCA 584
The Court held that a Queensland branch resolution directing meetings to be held at Greenslopes was binding, and ordered the respondents to comply with it.
Darroch, H.J. & Ors v Tanner, L.J. [1987] FCA 483
The Federal Court held that union funds used for electioneering during an election were unauthorised, but it could not order repayment under s.141(1G) without a continuing rule-based obligation.
Matter of an Application by Linsket, B.T. for inquiry into an election in the F.C.U of Australia [1987] FCA 407
The Court held the Industrial Registrar could not delete the word “continuously” from a union rule amendment under s 139(4), and the rejected nominations were irregular.
Geneff, Ruth Margaret v Peterson, F.E. & Ors [1986] FCA 579
Federal Court industrial law case about union capitation fees, branch financial status, rule validation, electoral rules, notice provisions, and costs.
Troja, F. v Bird, A. & Ors [1985] FCA 641
The Court upheld a union committee’s half-yearly levy under the union rules and discharged the rule to show cause. It also rejected reliance on implied terms under s 141.
Krantz, Harry David & Ors v Federated Clerks Union of Australia [1984] FCA 417
Interlocutory industrial law ruling on venue, union rule validity, and discovery. The Court dismissed change-of-venue and interim relief applications, upheld the challenged rule, and ordered limited discovery.
In the matter of applications by Kenneth John Bragg, John Hector Lawley, Brian Alexander Cope, and John Hector Lawley for inquiries into elections in the Australasian Society of Engineers, South Australian Branch [1984] FCA 263
The Federal Court held that election-inquiry applications about union elections were sufficiently grounded to proceed, but refused interim orders reinstating former officeholders.
Prichard, Michael Anthony v Krantz, Harry David & Anor [1983] FCA 237
The Federal Court held that the applicant was not engaged in a clerical capacity after November 1981 and discharged the order nisi.
Roughan, P.J. v. Coulson, R. & Ors [1982] FCA 151
The Federal Court held that abolishing two union organiser offices under the union rules was valid and not a dismissal from office under the Act.
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