FCA 203 APPEAL - discretion of judge to dismiss action due to non-appearance of the appellant at trial under O 32 r 2(1)(c) - litigant in person with chronic medical disability - whether evaluation of merits of case by trial judge is required - whether trial judge was biased - whether there was disc
Cth) Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986
Cth), s 46PR Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Cth), ss 9 and 10 Disability Discrimination Act 1992
By his application, the appellant comes to this Court under s 46PR the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986
For the same reasons that the bias challenge must fail, based as it is on the directions and the judgment, there can, in my opinion, be no foundation for saying that there is discrimination within either ss 9 or 10 the Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Cth) or ss 5 and 6 the Disability Discrimination Act 1992
There is another matter raised in the material relied on by the appellant in support of his supplementary notice of appeal and touched on in argument, namely that the judgment should be set aside because it is said the trial judge failed to comply with s 46PR the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity C