Turner v Tesa Mining (NSW) Pty Limited

• Jurisdiction: Australia Federal only
• Judge: LEE J
• Judgment Date: 08 October 2019
• Neutral Citation: [2019] FCA 1644
• Date: 08 October 2019
• Court: Federal Court

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Turner v Tesa Mining (NSW) Pty Limited [2019] FCA 1644

File numbers:	ACD 46 of 2018 ACD 47 of 2018
Judge:	LEE J
Date of judgment:	8 October 2019
Catchwords:	REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS – security for costs sought against funder in industrial class action –consideration of liability of a funder to adverse costs award and when security will be ordered directly against a funder – discussion of power to award security under both the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) and the implied power and in equity INDUSTRIAL LAW – “no costs” jurisdiction as class action is a matter arising under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) – relevance of “no costs” statutory regime to security for costs application against a funder and consideration of discretionary factors relevant to security COSTS – consideration of contention that there is no power to award security for costs against a non-party –security for costs awarded
Legislation:	Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (UK) Companies Act 1862 (UK) Fair Work Act 2008 (Cth) s 570 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 5, 23, 33C, 33ZF, 37M, 37N, 43, 56 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 19.01, 29.10
Cases cited:	Abbott v Zoetis Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2019] FCA 462; (2019) 369 ALR 512 Acohs Pty Ltd v Ucorp Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 1279; (2006) 155 FCR 181 Arkin v Borchard Lines Ltd (Nos 2 and 3) [2005] EWCA Civ 655; [2005] 1 WLR 3055 Austcorp Project Number 20 Pty Ltd v LM Investment Management Ltd (in liq) [2014] FCA 1371 Bailey v GlaxoSmithKline [2017] EWHC 3195 QB; [2018] 4 WLR 7 Ballard v Brookfield Australia Investments Ltd [2013] NSWCA 82 Bell Wholesale Co Ltd v Gates Export Corporation (1984) 2 FCR 1 Blairgowrie Trading Ltd v Allco Finance Group Ltd (in liq) [2015] FCA 811; (2015) 325 ALR 539 Bywater v Appco Group Australia Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 799 Caboolture Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd (In Liq) v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd (1993) 45 FCR 224 Campbells Cash and Carry Pty Limited v Fostif Pty Limited [2006] HCA 41; (2006) 229 CLR 386 Canberra Residential Developments Pty Ltd v Brendas [2009] FCA 745 Cash Converters International Limited v Gray [2014] FCAFC 111; (2014) 223 FCR 139 Chartspike Pty Ltd v Chahoud [2001] NSWSC 585 Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) v Vasiliades [2016] FCAFC 170, (2016) 344 ALR 558 CPB Contractors Pty Limited v Celsus Pty Limited (formerly known as SA Health Partnership Nominees Pty Ltd) [2017] FCA 1620; (2017) 353 ALR 84 Davey v Money [2019] EWHC 997 (Ch) Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited v Precision Tracking Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] FCA 211 Dymocks Franchise System (NSW) Pty v Todd [2004] UKPC 39; [2004] 1 WLR 2807 East Grace Corporation v Xing (No 1) [2005] FCA 219 Gerlach v Clifton Bricks Pty Limited [2002] HCA 22; (2002) 209 CLR 478 Gore v Justice Corporation [2002] FCAFC 83; (2002) 119 FCR 429 Green (as liquidator of Arimco Mining Pty Ltd) v CGU Insurance Ltd [2008] NSWCA 148; (2008) 67 ACSR 105 Jackson v Sterling Industries Limited (1987) 162 CLR 612 Jeffery & Katauskas Pty Limited v SST Consulting Pty Ltd [2009] HCA 3; (2009) 239 CLR 75 Klemweb Nominees Pty Ltd v BHP Group Ltd [2019] FCAFC 107; (2019) 369 ALR 583 Knight v FP Special Assets Limited (1992) 174 CLR 178 Liu v Stephen Grubits and Associates [2019] FCAFC 24 Liverpool City Council v McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc (now known as S&P Global Inc) [2018] FCA 1289 Merribee Pastoral Industries Pty Limited v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [1998] HCA 41; (1998) 193 CLR 502 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Nystrom [2006] HCA 50; (2006) 228 CLR 566 Morris v Hanley [2000] NSWSC 957 Pelechowski v Registrar, Court of Appeal (NSW) [1999] HCA 19; (1999) 198 CLR 435 Perera v GetSwift Limited [2018] FCA 732; (2018) 263 FCR 1 Premier Motorauctions Ltd (in liq) v PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP [2017] EWCA Civ 1872; [2018] 1 WLR 2955 Project 28 Pty Ltd (Formerly Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd) v Barr [2005] NSWCA 240 PS Chellaram & Co v China Ocean Shipping Co (1991) 65 ALJR 642 R v Wallis (1949) 78 CLR 529 Rajski v Computer Manufacture & Design Pty Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 443 Re JJT; Ex parte Victoria Legal Aid [1998] HCA 44; (1998) 195 CLR 184 Regent Holdings Pty Ltd v State of Victoria [2012] VSCA 221; (2012) 36 VR 424 Remington Products Australia Pty Ltd v Energizer Australia Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 47; (2008) 246 ALR 113 Thunderdome Racetiming and Scoring Pty Ltd v Dorian Industries Pty Ltd (1992) 36 FCR 297 VTAG v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCAFC 91; (2005) 141 FCR 291 Wall v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2016] EWHC 2460 (Comm); [2017] 4 WLR 2 Westpac Banking Corporation v Lenthall [2019] FCAFC 34; (2019) 366 ALR 136 Zoetis Australia Pty Ltd v Abbott [2019] FCAFC 153 ; Colbran, S E, Security for Costs (1st Edition, Longman Professional, 1993) Delaney, J, Security for Costs (LawBook Co, 1989) McDougall, The Hon Justice R, Keynote Address to the NSW Young Lawyers’ Civil Litigation Seminar (13 March 2010)
Date of hearing:	15 March 2019, 17 June 2019
Date of last submissions:	27 June 2019
Registry:	New South Wales
Division:	Fair Work Division
National Practice Area:	Employment & Industrial Relations
Category:	Catchwords
Number of paragraphs:	88
Counsel for the Applicant:	Mr J Fetter
Solicitor for the Applicant:	Adero Law
Counsel for the First and Second Respondents in ACD46/2018:	Mr O’Grady QC with Mr Kirkwood
Solicitor for the First and Second Respondents in ACD46/2018:	Herbert Smith Freehills
Counsel for the First and Third Respondents in ACD47/2018:	Mr D Williams SC with Mr I Latham
Solicitor for the First and Third Respondents in ACD47/2018:	Colin Biggers & Paisley
Counsel for the Third Respondent in ACD46/2018 and Second Respondent in ACD47/2018:	Mr D Thomas SC with Mr D Chin
Solicitor for the Third Respondent in ACD46/2018 and Second Respondent in ACD47/2018:	King & Wood Mallesons
Counsel for August Ventures Limited:	Mr M Darke SC with Ms Smith

ORDERS

		ACD 46 of 2018
BETWEEN:	SIMON ALEXANDER TURNER Applicant
AND:	TESA MINING (NSW) PTY LIMITED (ACN 111 753 792) First Respondent ; THE TESA GROUP PTY LTD (ACN 107 606 833) Second Respondent ; MT ARTHUR COAL PTY LTD (ACN 000 181 902) Third Respondent

JUDGE:	LEE J
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