Andrews v Uniting Church in Australia Frontier Services t/a Old Timers

Patricia Andrews sued the Uniting Church in Australia Frontier Services t/a Old Timers for unlawful termination of employment. The matter came before the Industrial Relations Court of Australia. The Court had to determine whether the applicant's application for costs was to be dismissed. In order to determine this, the Court had to determine whether the review was a "proceeding" for the purposes of s. 347 of the Industrial Relations Act 1988 and whether the application for review was instituted vexatiously or without reasonable cause. The Court found that an application for review of a judicial registrar's exercise of the power of the Court was not a "proceeding" for the purposes of s. 347 of the Act. It found that the applicant's application for review was not instituted vexatiously or without reasonable cause. The Court dismissed the applicant's application for costs.