Re Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and Theatre Managers Association & Ors; Ex Parte The Hoyts Corporation Pty Ltd

The applicants, The Hoyts Corporation Pty Ltd, Delarene Pty Ltd, and Rampton Pty Ltd, sought prerogative relief in the form of writs of prohibition and certiorari. The respondents included the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the Theatre Managers Association, and members of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. The dispute concerned decisions made by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the applicants were entitled to an order nisi for the prerogative writs they sought. This involved determining the merits of their application for relief against the Commission's decisions.

The court refused to grant the orders nisi in each of the three matters before it. The reasoning for this refusal was not detailed in the provided transcript, as the court indicated that written reasons would be made available later. However, the immediate outcome was that the applications were dismissed. The applicants then sought leave to appeal this refusal to the Full Court of the High Court.