BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Ltd v BGC Contracting Pty Ltd & Ors

1. The application filed 18 May 2012 is dismissed.

[1] BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Ltd v BGC Contracting Pty Ltd & Ors [2012] QSC 346.

[2] Chase Oyster Bar Pty Ltd v Hamo Industries Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 190; (2010) 78 NSWLR 393; Northbuild Construction Pty Ltd v Central Interior Linings Pty Ltd [2011] QCA 22; [2012] 1 Qd R 525.

[3] Thiess Pty Ltd v President of the Industrial Court of Queensland [2011] 2 Qd R 387.

[4] R v Ross-Jones; Ex parte Green (1984) 156 CLR 185 at 194 per Gibbs CJ; followed in Solution 6 Holdings Ltd and Others v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales and Others [2004] NSWCA 200; (2004) 60 NSWLR 558, which was in turn followed in Chase Oyster Bar Pty Ltd v Hamo Industries Ltd (supra) at 446 - 449 [267] - [284].

[7] [1949] HCA 33; (1949) 78 CLR 389 at 400.

[8] SZBYR v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2007) 235 ALR 609 at [28]. In the same case Kirby J at [77] referred to "the need to conserve relief to cases where it is appropriate and required to do practical justice."

[9] Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission [1992] HCA 10; (1992) 175 CLR 564 at 581-582.

[10] Aronson, M, Dyer, B, and Groves, M Judicial Review of Administrative Action 4th ed Thomson Reuters, NSW, 2009 at [10.100].

[11] John Fairfax & Sons v Police Tribunal of New South Wales (1986) 5 NSWLR 465 at 470.

[12] Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Crazzi [2006] NSWSC 1090; (2006) 68 NSWLR 266 at 303 [224].

[13] Chase Oyster Bar Pty Ltd v Hamo Industries Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1167 at [9] - [11].

[14] Chase Oyster Bar Pty Ltd v Hamo Industries Pty Ltd (supra) at 405 [43] per Spigelman CJ.

[15] Capricorn Quarries Pty Ltd v Inline Communication Construction Pty Ltd [2012] QSC 388 at [41].

[16] [2008] QCA 397; [2009] 1 Qd R 390 at 401 [40].

[18] BMA relies upon this formulation which appears in Young, PW Declaratory Orders, 2nd ed Butterworths, Sydney, 1984 at 720. BGC submits that the authorities do not suggest that there must always be public interest to justify the exercise of the discretion.

[19] [2004] NSWSC 697.

[20] [2011] NSWCA 399 at [51].

[23] BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Ltd v BGC Contracting Pty Ltd (supra) at [58].

[24] [2002] HCA 11; (2002) 209 CLR 597 at 613 [46].

[26] [1997] FCA 1313; [1997] 79 FCR 400 at 413.

[27] (2003) 145 FCR 1.

[28] Ibid at 16 [42]. See also Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Maman [2012] FCAFC 13; (2012) 200 FCR 30 at 44 [44].

[29] Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Bhardwaj (supra) at 646 [151] per Hayne J.

[34] Supra at [81]. The further observation at [83] that "Unless the relevant statute indicates otherwise, a void determination is not a determination at all" is cross-referenced to [81] and, in its context, should be taken to refer to a determination which is declared to be void.

[35] Chase Oyster Bar Pty Ltd v Hamo Industries Pty Ltd (supra) at 448 [275].

[36] Hansen Yuncken Pty Ltd v Ian James Ericson [2011] QSC 327.

[38] [1989] 1 Qd R 678 at 681.

[39] Cook's Constructions v Stork Food Systems Australia Pty Ltd [2008] QSC 220 at [41].

[40] Mulvaney Holdings Pty Ltd v Thorne (No 2) [2012] QSC 146 at [25].

[41] Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld), r 681.

[42] AGL Sales (Qld) Pty Ltd v Dawson Sales Pty Ltd (No 2) [2009] QSC 75 at [15].

[43] [2010] QCA 58 at [8].

[44] Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc.) (1986) ATPR 40-748 at [48136].