Case name
Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Dean Hall & Ors
Known as
The Built Holdings Case
Commonwealth Courts Portal reference and link

ACD65/2015

Applicant
Australian Building and Construction Commissioner
Respondent(s) at time of filing
CFMEU, Dean Hall, Kenneth Miller, Zachary Smith, Johnny Lomax, Gary Hamilton, Jason O’Mara, Anthony Vitler, Halafihi Kivalu
Date filed
26 June 2015
State/Territory
ACT
Status
Finalised
Date finalised
6 April 2017
Link to liability judgment

Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Hall [2017] FCA 274

Full Court appeal Commonwealth Courts Portal reference and link

ACD25/2017

Link to Federal Court appeal judgment

Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Hall [2018] FCAFC 83

Summary of court decision

On 22 March 2017 the application for liability was dismissed by the Federal Court.

On 26 April 2017 the ABCC filed a Notice of Appeal to the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, which was heard in late July/early August 2017.

On 31 May 2018 the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia dismissed the ABCC’s appeal.

Background:

The ABCC* commenced proceedings in the Federal Court in 2015 against CFMEU ACT secretary Dean Hall and seven CFMEU officials in relation to allegations of contravention of coercion provisions. The Federal Court dismissed the ABCC’s proceeding. An appeal by the ABCC was dismissed in 2018.

*This matter was originally filed by Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC). On 2 December 2016, FWBC became the ABCC.