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Colson v Barwon Health [2013] FWC 766

[2013] FWC 766

Fair Work Commission|2013-02-11

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Fair Work Commission

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2013-02-11

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Judgment (170 paragraphs)

[1]

(#P37_1538) Exhibit B11, Attachment PW3.

[2]

(#P39_2138) Exhibit B11, Attachment PW3.

[3]

(#P42_2663) Exhibit B11, Attachment PW1.

[4]

(#P43_2879) Exhibit B11. Attachment PW2 and Exhibit C9.

[5]

(#P44_3406) PN3998, PN4017 and PN4020.

[6]

(#P47_4660) North v Television Corporation Limited (1976) ALR 599, 608-9.

[7]

(#P52_5249) Exhibit B11, Attachment PW3.

[8]

(#P79_10094) Exhibit C3 at paragraph 4.

[9]

(#P92_11709) This was accepted by the Applicant at PN1171 to PN1172.

[10]

(#P96_12404) Exhibit C4 at paragraph 4.2.

[11]

(#P104_14395) Exhibit C4 at paragraph 4.2.

[12]

(#P105_14588) PN794.

[13]

(#P108_14661) Exhibit B1, Exhibit C7 and Exhibit C8.

[14]

(#P119_17440) Exhibit C15 at paragraph 2.

[15]

(#P120_17722) PN3561 to PN3565.

[16]

(#P123_18415) Exhibit C24.

[17]

(#P124_18696) PN2906.

[18]

(#P127_18827) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST1.

[19]

(#P130_19224) Exhibit C25.

[20]

(#P137_19672) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG1.

[21]

(#P144_21099) PN2923 to PN2938.

[22]

(#P145_21214) PN2816 to PN2817.

[23]

(#P146_21544) PN2838.

[24]

(#P155_23251) Exhibit C25.

[25]

(#P158_23522) Exhibit B2.

[26]

(#P166_24898) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG3.

[27]

(#P169_25399) Exhibit B2 at pages 4 and 5.

[28]

(#P172_25785) PN3103.

[29]

(#P173_25877) PN2950.

[30]

(#P174_26026) PN2948 to PN2949.

[31]

(#P179_27521) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG3.

[32]

(#P190_29094) Exhibit B10 at paragraph 18 and Attachment ST4.

[33]

(#P193_29460) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST1.

[34]

(#P204_30195) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST1.

[35]

(#P211_31078) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST1.

[36]

(#P216_31612) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST1.

[37]

(#P223_32548) PN850.

[38]

(#P232_33679) PN995 to PN1005.

[39]

(#P237_35292) PN902.

[40]

(#P240_35570) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST1. Note the time units matter is the fourth of the "clarifications".

[41]

(#P241_36098) PN924.

[42]

(#P242_36238) Exhibit B2, Exhibit B6 Attachment CG3 and also see PN4527-8

[43]

(#P249_37570) PN929.

[44]

(#P256_38442) Exhibit C9, Response to Question 2(c).

[45]

(#P267_39346) Exhibit B10 at paragraph 6, and Exhibit B6 at paragraph 6.

[46]

(#P282_42920) PN3464 to PN3466 and PN3582 to PN3586.

[47]

(#P283_43105) PN3625 to PN3627.

[48]

(#P294_44897) PN1031.

[49]

(#P295_45110) PN1037.

[50]

(#P298_45413) Exhibit C4 at paragraph 15.

[51]

(#P303_46390) Exhibit B10 at paragraph 11.

[52]

(#P306_46732) Exhibit C9, Response to question 2(b). This is not included in the Barwon Health version of the minutes which is Exhibit B11, Attachment PW2.

[53]

(#P317_47594) PN988 to PN991.

[54]

(#P340_51047) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST2.

[55]

(#P345_51645) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST3.

[56]

(#P351_52677) PN3604.

[57]

(#P356_53637) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST3.

[58]

(#P363_54702) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST3.

[59]

(#P369_54868) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST2.

[60]

(#P370_55136) PN1229 to PN1230.

[61]

(#P373_55718) PN1230 and PN1272.

[62]

(#P374_56147) Exhibit C14.

[63]

(#P377_56470) PN1271.

[64]

(#P380_57259) Exhibit C9 at questions 3(a) and 3(b).

[65]

(#P385_57683) PN2307 and PN2318 to PN2321.

[66]

(#P388_58323) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG2.

[67]

(#P393_59284) PN2447.

[68]

(#P398_60359) PN790.

[69]

(#P403_61235) PN2384 to PN2388.

[70]

(#P406_62185) PN2957 and PN2965.

[71]

(#P409_62507) PN2883, PN2887 and PN3530.

[72]

(#P410_62804) PN3925.

[73]

(#P427_65355) PN891 to PN907 and PN1059 to PN1061.

[74]

(#P434_66348) Exhibit C3 at paragraph 4.

[75]

(#P435_66626) Exhibit C3 at paragraph 7.

[76]

(#P436_66950) Exhibit C3 at paragraph 8.

[77]

(#P443_68075) Exhibit B2.

[78]

(#P448_70035) Exhibit C9.

[79]

(#P453_71003) Exhibit B10, Attachment ST1 at point 2.

[80]

(#P454_71313) Exhibit B2.

[81]

(#P455_71480) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG3.

[82]

(#P462_72478) PN1236.

[83]

(#P465_72553) PN1080.

[84]

(#P470_73089) PN1397.

[85]

(#P487_77949) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG6.

[86]

(#P492_78287) Exhibit C9 at question 7.

[87]

(#P493_78412) PN2343.

[88]

(#P494_78734) PN3989.

[89]

(#P497_78938) Exhibit C9 at point 4 - Minutes prepared by applicant of 14 May 2012 meeting

[90]

(#P502_79219) Exhibit C9 at point 2(b) - Minutes prepared by applicant of 14 May 2012 meeting.

[91]

(#P509_81146) PN1457.

[92]

(#P514_81334) Exhibit C9 at question 4 and question 2(b).

[93]

(#P515_82068) Exhibit C25 under the heading RVG.

[94]

(#P516_82437) Exhibit C9 at question 4.

[95]

(#P536_85962) PN1453.

[96]

(#P541_86627) PN1358 to PN1362.

[97]

(#P542_86833) Exhibit B6, Attachment CG4.

[98]

(#P577_90609) PN1111 to PN1363.

[99]

(#P580_91278) Exhibit C28.

[100]

(#P593_92601) PN3004 to PN3008.

[101]

(#P604_94542) PN3682 to PN3684.

[102]

(#P609_95350) PN1375 to PN1383.

[103]

(#P623_97385) PN1173 to PN1174.

[104]

(#P632_98248) PN1311 to PN1313.

[105]

(#P637_98435) PN3314.

[106]

(#P638_98811) PN1125.

[107]

(#P641_99342) Exhibit C28.

[108]

(#P642_99820) Exhibit C30.

[109]

(#P643_99906) PN3412.

[110]

(#P646_100036) Exhibit C35 and PN3883.

[111]

(#P649_100142) PN2782.

[112]

(#P650_100249) PN2781.

[113]

(#P670_104329) PN3337 to PN3346.

[114]

(#P673_104725) Exhibit C28.

[115]

(#P678_106618) Exhibit C28.

[116]

(#P683_107225) PN2774.

[117]

(#P686_107328) PN3004.

[118]

(#P691_107745) Exhibit C29.

[119]

(#P692_107905) Exhibit C30.

[120]

(#P693_108017) Exhibit C28.

[121]

(#P698_108804) Exhibit C30.

[122]

(#P703_109936) Exhibit C30.

[123]

(#P706_110002) Exhibit C35.

[124]

(#P707_110117) Exhibit C36.

[125]

(#P708_110213) Exhibit C36.

[126]

(#P711_110461) PN3446 to PN3454.

[127]

(#P718_111436) Exhibit C19.

[128]

(#P721_111677) PN2047 and PN3901.

[129]

(#P722_111779) PN2253.

[130]

(#P729_113920) PN3686.

[131]

(#P740_116320) PN1468.

[132]

(#P741_116364) Exhibit C9 and Exhibit B11, Attachment PW2.

[133]

(#P742_116584) PN1861.

[134]

(#P745_116822) Exhibit C9 at question 5.

[135]

(#P746_117001) Exhibit C9.

[136]

(#P749_117072) Exhibit C12.

[137]

(#P750_117781) Exhibit C12.

[138]

(#P751_117914) PN4072.

[139]

(#P754_118133) Exhibit B5, Attachments PM2 and PM3.

[140]

(#P761_119094) PN1187 to PN1188.

[141]

(#P821_127076) PN682.

[142]

(#P884_131717) PN4075 to PN4077.

[143]

(#P893_133685) PN4077.

[144]

(#P896_133748) PN4078.

[145]

(#P899_134604) PN4079.

[146]

(#P902_135286) PN4080.

[147]

(#P905_135953) PN4081.

[148]

(#P910_136645) PN1890.

[149]

(#P913_138068) For example, Exhibit B5, Attachment PM3.

[150]

(#P918_139220) PN3778 to PN3786.

[151]

(#P925_140668) Sir William Blackstone, Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First: Chapter the Fourteenth: Of Master and Servant, Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1765-1769.

[152]

(#P932_142128) P Selznick, Law, Society and Industrial Justice, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1969, pp 122-3.

[153]

(#P937_142503) Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd [1995] HCA 24.

[154]

(#P940_142773) Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd [1995] HCA 24, para 27.

[155]

(#P943_143038) R v Inhabitants of Brampton (1777) Cald Mag Cas 11.

[156]

(#P944_143382) See for example Callo v Brouncker [1831] EngR 332; (1831) 172 ER 807. This principle was commonly referred to throughout the nineteenth century.

[157]

(#P947_143618) Pearce v Foster and Others (1886) 17 QBD 563.

[158]

(#P948_143701) Blyth Chemicals Ltd v Bushnell [1933] HCA 8; (1933) 49 CLR 66.

[159]

(#P951_144736) Blyth Chemicals Ltd v Bushnell [1933] HCA 8; (1933) 49 CLR 66.

[160]

(#P956_145296) Perkins v Grace Worldwide (Aust) Pty Ltd [1997] IRCA 15.

[161]

(#P966_148176) Quinn v Overland [2010] FCA 799.

[162]

(#P969_148846) Quinn v Overland [2010] FCA 799, para 98.

[163]

(#P974_149291) Australian Meat Industry Employees' Union v G & K O'Connor Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 627.

[164]

(#P977_150056) Australian Meat Industry Employees' Union v G & K O'Connor Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 627, para 42.

[165]

(#P982_150474) Abbott-Etherington v Houghton Motors Pty Limited (1995) 63 IR 394, paras 396-397.

[166]

(#P989_151532) Robin Beadon Liddell v Cheryl Lembke t/as Cheryls Unisex Salon [1994] IRCA 142.

[167]

(#P1001_153421) Perkins v Grace Worldwide (Aust) Pty Ltd [1997] IRCA 15.

[168]

(#P1002_154587) Abbott-Etherington v Houghton Motors Pty Limited (1995) 63 IR 394, paras 396-397.

[169]

(#P1007_156524) Australian Meat Industry Employees' Union v G & K O'Connor Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 627, para 42.

[170]

(#P1010_157278) Quinn v Overland [2010] FCA 799, para 98.

Printed by authority of the Commonwealth Government Printer

Parties

Applicant/Plaintiff:

# Colson

Respondent/Defendant:

Barwon Health \[2013\] FWC 766

Legislation Cited (1)

Work Act 2009

Cases Cited (3)

(1976) 11 ALR 599

(1995) 63 IR 394

(1933) 49 CLR 66