Appeal by Barwon Health [2013] FWCFB 4515 (15 July 2013)

Fair Work Commission (Full Bench)|2013-07-15|Before: Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Roe, Deputy President Gostencnik, President Deputy, President Gostencnik

(#P33_990) [2013] FWC 766.

(#P36_1147) [2013] FWC 766 at para 229 and 242.

(#P39_2218) Ibid at para 279.

(#P51_4539) [2010] FWAFB 5343; (2010) 197 IR 266 at para 27.

(#P76_7460) Exhibit B11, Attachment PW3.

(#P92_9294) Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Hellicar (2012) 86 ALJR 522; 286 ALR 501; 88 ACSR 246; [2012] HCA 17 at para 130; Miller & Associates Insurance Broking Pty Ltd v BMW Australia Finance Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 357; 270 ALR 204; [2010] HCA 31 at para 76.

(#P95_9782) Dearman v Dearman [1908] HCA 84; (1908) 7 CLR 549 at 561; 15 ALR 287 at 291; [1908] HCA 84. See also Scott v Pauly [1917] HCA 60; (1917) 24 CLR 274 at 278-81; [1917] HCA 60; 24 ALR 27 at 31-3; [1917] HCA 60.

(#P96_10225) Maynard v West Midlands Regional Health Authority [1984] 1 WLR 634 at 637; [1985] 1 AII ER 635 at 637, per Lord Scarman, with reference to Joyce v Yeomans [1981] 1 WLR 549 at 556; [1981] 2 AII ER 21 at 26. See also Chambers v Jobling (1986) 7 NSWLR 1 at 25.

(#P112_13611) Ibid at para 71.

(#P117_14321) [2013] FCAFC 8.

(#P145_18565) [2013] FWC 766 at para 144.

(#P159_20702) Exhibit C3, para 4; AB533-AB534.

(#P168_21577) Ibid at para 8; AB535.

(#P173_22451) [2013] FWC 766 at paras 22 and 27-29.

(#P178_23894) [2013] FWC 766 at paras 23-24.

(#P183_24822) [2013] FWC 766 at para 25.

(#P188_25536) See the discussion at Transcript, 16 April 2013, at PN14-PN52 and AB548.

(#P193_26275) Exhibit B10; Annexure ST-1, AB782-783.

(#P196_26478) Exhibit B10 at para 8; AB777; Transcript, 14 January 2013 at PN973 and PN1056.

(#P217_28593) See evidence of Dr Gordon: Transcript, 16 January 2013 at PN2709, PN2879-PN2880, PN2883-PN2889; AB309, AB327-AB328.

(#P220_29217) Transcript, 14 January 2013 at PN797, PN842-PN843, PN917-PN918, PN928-PN933, PN959-PN964, PN1026-PN1027 and PN1215; AB127, AB131, AB138, AB140, AB143-AB144, AB149, AB167.

(#P221_29549) Transcript, 14 January 2013 at PN808; AB128.

(#P224_29707) Transcript, 22 January 2013 at PN3525; AB397.

(#P225_29942) Ibid at PN3482; AB392.

(#P226_30108) Ibid at PN3531-PN3533; AB397-AB398.

(#P227_30286) Ibid at PN3597; AB405.

(#P228_30498) Ibid at PN3646; AB410.

(#P258_33074) Transcript, 14 January 013 at PN843 and PN918.

(#P261_33754) [1979] HCA 9; (1979) 142 CLR 531 at pp 551 cited with approval in Fox v Percy [2003] HCA 22; (2003) 214 CLR 118 at para 25 per Gleeson CJ, Gummow and Kirby JJ.

(#P266_34953) State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd [1999] HCA 3; (1999) 160 ALR 588 at [63]- [64], [71] and [154]; Director, Office of the Fair Work Building Inspectorate v CFMEU [2013] FCAFC 8 at [70]- [72].

(#P286_37957) [2013] FWC 766 at paras 86-90.

(#P291_38661) Transcript, 14 January 2013 at PN988-PN991.

(#P292_38936) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG4; AB718.

(#P352_47213) Transcript, 14 January 2013 at PN850.

(#P365_49580) [2013] FWC 766 at paras 58-62 and 75-76.

(#P387_52361) Ibid at para 63.

(#P408_54980) Ibid at para 55.

(#P413_55496) Submissions in Reply of the Respondent, 12 April 2013 at paras 24 - 25.

(#P416_55931) Submissions in Reply of the Respondent, 12 April 2013 at para 23.

(#P423_56903) [2013] FWC 766 at para 115.

(#P430_58233) Transcript, 14 January 2013 at PN808, PN1264, PN1445-PN1448, and PN1452.

(#P431_58408) Transcript, 14 January 2013 at PN1264.

(#P436_59571) Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd [1992] HCA 66; (1992) 110 ALR 449 at 450.

(#P441_60021) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST2 and ST3; Appeal Book 785.

(#P448_60726) [2013] FWC 766 at para 99-100.

(#P453_61549) Appellant's Outline of Submissions, 5 April 2013 at para 25.

(#P472_63838) Exhibit C9; Appeal Book 552.

(#P475_64019) Exhibit C9; Appeal Book 553.

(#P478_64196) Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 553.

(#P481_64441) Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 555.

(#P490_65926) Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 552.

(#P495_66799) Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 555.

(#P498_67341) Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 557.

(#P499_67585) Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 557.

(#P506_68299) Exhibit B6, Annexure CG-4 at Appeal Book 716-720.

(#P507_68494) Exhibit B6, Annexure CG2 at Appeal Book 693-694.

(#P514_69007) Exhibit C12 at Appeal Book 564.

(#P534_70347) [2013] FWC 766.

(#P539_70935) Transcript, 14 January 2013 at PN1187 to PN1188.

(#P558_73215) Transcript, 14 January 2013 at PN1188.

(#P559_73386) Transcript, 14 January 2013 at PN1313.

(#P568_74859) Exhibit C-28 at Appeal Book 615-616.

(#P590_79785) Transcript 22 January 2013 at PN3240.

(#P591_79989) Transcript 22 January 2013 at PN3239.

(#P596_80486) Appellant's Outline of Submissions 5 April 2013 at para 40.

(#P601_81130) Paras 216 and 217: see also transcript at PN2773 where Dr Gordon is cross-examined.

(#P604_81380) Eg Exhibit C27.

(#P605_81731) Submissions in Reply of the Respondent, 12 April 2013 at paras 32-33.

(#P610_82436) Submissions in Reply of the Respondent 12 April 2013 at paras 41.

(#P615_83254) Submissions in Reply of the Respondent, 12 April 2013 at paras 31.

(#P620_83881) Appellant's Outline of Submissions, 5 April 2013 at para 45.

(#P625_84246) Submissions in Reply of the Respondent, 12 April 2013 at 36.

(#P632_85560) Exhibit B6, Annexure CG-4 at Appeal Book 716-720.

(#P643_87081) Transcript 15 January 2013 at PN3006, PN3007, PN3091 (Gordon); Transcript 22 January 2013 at PN3690, PN3691 (Tomlinson); PN3927 - PN3930 (Watson).

(#P646_87711) Appellant's Outline of Submissions 5 April 2013 at para 36.

(#P647_88089) Transcript 14 January 2013, PN1358-PN1362.

(#P664_90419) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG-6 at Appeal Book 724.

(#P667_90585) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG-6 at Appeal Book 731.

(#P670_90761) Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 552-560.

(#P673_91201) Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 553.

(#P678_91432) [2013] FWC 766 at para 75.

(#P680_91576) Ibid at para 143.

(#P683_91707) Exhibit B6 Attachment CG-6 at Appeal Book 724.

(#P684_91955) Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 553, Exhibit B6, Attachment CG6 at Appeal Book 724 and 731; see also Appellant's Outline of Submissions 5 April 2013 at paras 46-47.

(#P687_92378) Barwon Health's Notice of Appeal, 1 March 2013 at para (6)(b).

(#P688_92674) Appellant's Outline of Submissions, 5 April 2013 at para 47.

(#P689_92891) (2008) 170 IR 1 at para 23.

(#P690_92948) Appellant's Outline of Submissions 5 April 2013 at para 48.

(#P693_93294) Respondent's Submissions in Reply, 12 April 2013 at para 38; see also exhibit B6, Attachment CG-6 at Appeal Book 731.

(#P698_94664) Transcript, 15 January 2013 at PN 1927.

(#P707_95424) According to both the notes of meeting prepared by Mr Perry Muncaster and Dr Colson the meeting occurred on 14 May 2013, Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 552; Exhibit B5, Attachment PM-1 at Appeal Book 672.

(#P720_96420) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG-4 at Appeal Book 720, Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 554-555, Appeal Book 558-559.

(#P725_97211) According to both the notes of meeting prepared by Mr Perry Muncaster and Dr Colson the meeting occurred on 14 May 2013, Exhibit C9 at Appeal Book 552; Exhibit B5, Attachment PM-1 at Appeal Book 672

(#P728_97778) Respondent's Submissions in Reply 12 April 2013 at para 40.

(#P735_99371) Appellant's outline of submissions 5 April 2013 at para 49.

(#P736_99697) Exhibit B5, Attachment PM1 at Appeal Book 672.

(#P739_100265) Exhibit B5, Attachment PM1 at Appeal Book 674.

(#P742_100492) Ibid.

(#P773_103480) The matter in s.387(e) is not relevant in the circumstances of this case.

(#P780_104035) [2013] FWC 766 at para 234 - 240.

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