Lee v Smith

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Year2007
Date2007
CourtFederal Magistrates Court (Australia)
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4 cases
3 firm's commentaries
  • After-hours employee conduct: 'What goes on tour stays on tour' - or does it?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 9 January 2013
    ...given the encroachment of the workplace into people's private lives and the ever-increasing liability which results. Footnotes 1 [2007] FMCA 59 2 [2005] FCAFC 130 3 [2002] FCA 32 4 [2010] FWA 6431 5 Commissioner PC Shelley – T10691, 5 September 2003 6 [2012] NSWCA 324 7 Rose v Telstra Corpo......
  • Workplace Relations Update
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 17 October 2007
    ...liable for sexual harassment or sexual discrimination of employees outside of work In the recent case of Lee v Smith & Ors [2007] FMCA 59, the Department of Defence (Department) was held liable for the sexual assault, sexual discrimination, harassment and victimisation of an administrat......
  • 'What goes on tour stays on tour' – or does it?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 18 February 2013
    ...given the encroachment of the workplace into people's private lives and the ever-increasing liability which results. Footnotes 1 [2007] FMCA 59 2 [2005] FCAFC 130 3 [2002] FCA 32 4 [2010] FWA 6431 5 Commissioner PC Shelley - T10691, 5 September 2003 6 [2012] NSWCA 324 7 Rose v Telstra Corpo......
3 books & journal articles
  • Open All Hours: The Reach of Vicarious Liability in ‘Off-Duty’ Sexual Harassment Complaints
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 36-2, June 2008
    • 1 June 2008
    ...agents, as well as employees. I have chosen, however, to focus on the employer/employee relationship for the purposes of this article. 2 [2007] FMCA 59; (2007) EOC ¶93–456 ('Lee'). 174 Federal Law Review Volume 36 _____________________________________________________________________________......
  • Rethinking Richardson: Sexual Harassment Damages in the #MeToo Era
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 49-2, June 2021
    • 1 June 2021
    ...any financial benefit,taking into account legal fees.81There is a further risk that an unsuccessful complainant will have72. Lee v Smith [2007] FMCA 59, 161 [215] (‘Lee’).73. Poniatowska v Hickinbotham [2009] FCA 680, 106 [353] (‘Poniatowska’).74. Ibid.75. Beth Gaze, ‘The Sex Discrimination......
  • FRUIT PICKING IN FEAR: AN EXAMINATION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ON AUSTRALIAN FARMS.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 45 No. 3, August 2022
    • 1 August 2022
    ...2010 (Vic) s 92. (11) See, eg, Ewin v Vergara [No 3] (2013) 307 ALR 576, 579 [4], 582 [23], [25] (Bromberg J). (12) See, eg, Lee v Smith [2007] FMCA 59, [8], [198] (Conolly (13) See, eg, Kumari v Bervar Pty Ltd (2019) 290 IR 456, 461-2 [36] (Member Johnson). (14) See Australian Human Rights......

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