CASE PROCEDURES – stay order – ss.604, 606 Fair Work Act 2009 – appeal – application for a stay order for the whole decision and orders of Wilson C with directions issued by the Commission – a stay would pause directions requiring preparation of material for unfair dismissal hearing until appeal is determined – original unfair dismissal application lodged 164 days out of statutory time limit – extension of time granted based on the combination of applicants mental illness, lack of knowledge and misapprehension – appellant’s grounds of appeal comprised eight paragraphs – an arguable case was disclosed for both permission to appeal and merits of appeal by the following grounds: (1, 2, 8) Commissioner erred in finding acceptable reason for delay and reached a counter-intuitive and unjust decision, having taken into account irrelevant factors (4) Commissioner erred in finding of date of applicants becoming aware of termination of employment was a neutral factor – also considered Commission erred in failing to consider the entirety of period between expiration of statutory time limit and filing of application – Commission satisfied that the balance of convenience favours granting of a stay – stay order issued for whole of decision and orders of Wilson C and directions issued by the Commission on 8 August 2017. Appeal by Woolworths Ltd against decision and order of Wilson C of 2 August 2017 [[2017] FWC 4019] Re: Lin
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