Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Robinson v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2012] FCA 770 Citation: Robinson v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2012] FCA 770
Parties: DAVID ROBINSON and SONIA EL MASRI v COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, NSW POLICE FORCE
File number: NSD 1363 of 2010
Judge: YATES J
Date of judgment: 20 July 2012
Catchwords: HUMAN RIGHTS – disability discrimination – whether limited application provision engaged in relation to claims – whether police provided services to claimants – whether less favourable treatment accorded in relation to dealing with bail application
Legislation: Constitution s 51(xxix) Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) s 46PO, Sch 2 Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) ss 4, 5, 12, 24, 27 Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act 2009 (Cth) Bail Act 1978 (NSW) ss 4, 7, 17, 18, 34, 36, 36A, 36B, 37 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) s 112 Police Act 1990 (NSW) ss 4, 6 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2005 (NSW) cll 24, 25, 26, 27
Cases cited: Commissioner of Police (NSW) v Mohamed (2009) 262 ALR 519 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service v Estate of Edward John Russell [2001] NSWSC 745 Farah v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [1998] QB 65 Forbes v Australian Federal Police (Commonwealth of Australia) [2004] FCAFC 95 Gichura v Home Office [2008] ICR 1287 IW v The City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1 Patrick v State of South Australia (No 2) [2009] SAEOT 1 Purvis v State of New South Wales (Department of Education and Training) (2003) 217 CLR 92 R v Entry Clearance Officer, Bombay, Ex parte Amin [1983] 2 AC 818 R v Immigration Appeal Tribunal, Ex parte Kassam [1980] 1 WLR 1037 Rainsford v Victoria (2005) 144 FCR 279 Rainsford v Victoria (2007) 167 FCR 1 Robinson v NSW Police Service [2011] FCA 1081 Secretary of the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations v Anti-Discrimination Commissioner (2003) 11 Tas R 324 Souliotopoulos v La Trobe University Liberal Club (2002) 120 FCR 584 Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 XYZ v The Commonwealth of Australia (2006) 227 CLR 532
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