Ms Jane Massey v Brighter Access Ltd

Case

[2024] FWC 2001

30 JULY 2024


[2024] FWC 2001

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.596 – Representation by lawyers and paid agents

Ms Jane Massey & Ors
v

Brighter Access Ltd & Ors

(U2023/12620)

Various industries

COMMISIONER CRAWFORD

SYDNEY, 30 JULY 2024

Application under section 596 for representation by lawyers and paid agents – consideration of application for recusal on grounds of perceived apprehended bias – application refused

  1. The Applicants[1] seeking to be represented by Employee Dismissals have requested that I recuse myself from the Full Bench dealing with whether they should be granted permission to be represented on the ground of a reasonable apprehension of bias.

  1. The submissions relied upon by the Applicants are set out in the Decision of Deputy President Wright (the Decision).[2]

  1. I am not a member of the Paid Agents Working Group and do not need to consider the Applicants’ submissions concerning this issue.

  1. I agree with and adopt the reasons[3] in the Decision and on that basis I reject the requests for me to recuse myself from these matters. I have determined that I will continue as a member of the Full Bench.

COMMISIONER

Hearing details:

Matter determined on the papers.

Final written submissions:

14 May 2024, for the Applicant.

SCHEDULE A

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[1] Listed at Schedule A to this Decision.

[2] [2024] FWC 2000, [2]-[5].

[3] Ibid, [7]-[16].

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