Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia | |
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Court | High Court of Australia |
Decided | 4 May 1998 |
Citation(s) | [1998] HCA 30, (1998) 195 CLR 1 |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne & Callinan JJ |
Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [1998] HCA 30 is an Australian labour law case in the High Court which culminated the legal aspects of the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute, in which a major stevedoring operation, the Patrick group of companies, sought to replace its largely unionised workforce with a non-union workforce.