NEW SOUTH WALES COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT FOR LADY MARIE BONCALES V/S SECRETARY, NEW SOUTH WALES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CASE

Australia, June 5 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 6:

1. The application that comes before me urgently this afternoon is an application for a stay made as part of an application for leave to appeal and appeal.

2. The decision which is the subject of the application for leave to appeal and appeal is the decision of Commissioner O'Sullivan ("Commissioner") in Boncales v Secretary, Department of Education [2025] NSWIRComm 1017 which was given ex tempore on 17 April 2025.

3. The application that came before him was an application seeking an order pursuant to s 89(7) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) to restrain the respondent from dismissing the applicant. The Commissioner c...