King v Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 8

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

King v Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 8 Citation: King v Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 8

Parties: SHEILA KING v JETSTAR AIRWAYS PTY LTD

File number(s): NSD 1171 of 2009

Judge: ROBERTSON J

Date of judgment: 13 January 2012

Catchwords: HUMAN RIGHTS – Discrimination – direct disability discrimination – identification of service – refusal of service – whether provision of service would impose unjustifiable hardship HUMAN RIGHTS – Discrimination – alternative claim of indirect disability discrimination – whether imposition of requirement or condition – whether any condition or requirement 'not reasonable'

Legislation: Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) s 46PO Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) ss 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 11, 12, 24

Cases cited: AB v Western Australia (2011) 281 ALR 694 applied Australian Medical Council v Wilson (1996) 68 FCR 46 applied Catholic Education Office v Clarke (2004) 138 FCR 121 applied Commonwealth v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1995) 63 FCR 74 applied Cooper v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1999) 93 FCR 481 referred to Dye v Commonwealth Securities Limited (No 2) [2010] FCAFC 118 applied Hills Grammar School v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2000) 100 FCR 306 followed IW v City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1 distinguished Purvis v New South Wales (2003) 217 CLR 92 applied Scott v Telstra Corporation (1995) EOC 92-717 referred to State of New South Wales v Amery (2006) 230 CLR 174 followed Walker v Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) (2011) 279 ALR 284 cited Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 followed