Pastor v Aegis Aged Care Staff Pty Ltd [No 2]

[2023] WASCA 63

Western Australia Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Appeals
3. › Interlocutory applications
4. › Application to bar respondent from participating in appeal
5. › Whether respondents' designation of sub-grounds in answer was misleading or fraudulent
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Appeals
3. › Interlocutory applications
4. › Application to extend limitation period on appeal
5. › Whether interlocutory observations constituted findings giving rise to issue estoppel
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Estoppel
3. › Issue estoppel
4. › Whether interlocutory judgment creates issue estoppel

Quick Take

An interlocutory judgment does not create issue estoppel. Questions and propositions put to counsel during an interlocutory hearing are not findings and cannot bear on the disposition of an appeal.