The Electrical Trades Union of Employees Queensland v The President of the Queensland Industrial Court & Ors

[2006] QSC 76

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Catchwords

1. Industrial Law (Qld)
2. › Appeals
3. › Appeal from Industrial Relations Commission to Industrial Court
4. › Error of law as ground of appeal
5. › Whether existence of error of law is a jurisdictional fact reviewable by Supreme Court
6. › Industrial Relations Act 1999 (Qld), ss 248, 341, 349
1. Administrative Law
2. › Judicial review
3. › Privative clauses
4. › Finality provisions
5. › Whether privative clause effective to exclude Supreme Court review
6. › Whether error of law by Industrial Court constitutes jurisdictional error
7. › Industrial Relations Act 1999 (Qld), s 349
8. › Judicial Review Act 1991 (Qld), s 18(2)
1. Administrative Law
2. › Jurisdictional fact doctrine
3. › Whether question committed to tribunal is jurisdictional fact or matter within jurisdiction
4. › Presumption that court determines its own jurisdiction
5. › Parisienne Basket Shoes Pty Ltd v Whyte (1937-1938) 59 CLR 369
1. Industrial Law (Qld)
2. › Certified agreements
3. › No extra claims clause
4. › Injunctive relief to restrain contravention of industrial instrument
5. › Whether application to amend award constituted contravention
6. › Industrial Relations Act 1999 (Qld), s 277(1)(b)

Quick Take

The question whether the Commission made an error of law under s 341 of the Industrial Relations Act 1999 (Qld) is a matter committed to the Industrial Court's own determination and is not a jurisdictional fact reviewable by the Supreme Court. Section 349 effectively precludes Supreme Court review of the Industrial Court's conclusions on questions of law arising in appeals from the Commission.