List member Tim Donaghey has prepared a casenote of a decision handed down by the Full Court of the Federal Court (Rares, Collier and Charlesworth JJ): Coles Supply Chain Pty Ltd v Milford [2020] FCAFC 152. The decision overrules Hewitt v Topero Nominees [2013] FWCFB 6321 and confers upon the FWC the clear power and necessity to decide whether a general protections application is validly made.