Harradine v The Chief Executive of the Department for Education

Harradine applied to the Supreme Court of South Australia for leave to appeal against a decision of the Full Bench of the Industrial Relations Court of South Australia, which had dismissed his appeal against a decision of the President of that Court. The dispute concerned a decision made by the Chief Executive of the Department for Education.

The Supreme Court was required to determine whether to grant leave to appeal. This involved considering whether the applicant had raised any issue of principle or any arguable error in the decisions of the President and the Full Bench.

The Court held that it was manifestly open to both the President and the Full Bench to make the decisions they did. The applicant had not raised any issue of principle, nor any arguable error, in his application for permission to appeal. Accordingly, the Court dismissed the application for permission to appeal.