The issue of representation in the Fair Work Commission is vexed. Some members of the Commission grant permission for parties…
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Representation in unfair dismissal cases in the Fair Work Commission (and also in the State tribunals which have retained unfair…
The Fair Work Commission, as appears from the following extract from a recent decision in an unfair dismissal case, is…
The Fair Work Act deems that lawyers and paid agents are a pest to the Fair Work Commission (despite the…
In Stephen Fitzgerald v Woolworths Limited [2017] FWCFB 2797 a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has held that in proceedings…
Representation in the Fair Work Commission and Federal Court in fair work matters The Fair Work Commission is not permitted…
Permission for a lawyer or professional paid agent to represent a party in proceedings before the Fair Work Commission will…
The Fair Work Commission has granted an employer leave to be legally represented in an unfair dismissal case so that…
There is a growing unpredictability about if and when a party may obtain leave to be represented by a lawyer…
The ability of an employer to be represented by a lawyer in a bullying case where the applicant was not…
