Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Hickey v Public Advocate (Victoria) [2012] FCA 1203 Citation: Hickey v Public Advocate (Victoria) [2012] FCA 1203
Parties: COLBY HICKEY (BY HIS NEXT FRIEND RAYMOND HICKEY) v PUBLIC ADVOCATE (VICTORIA) and ANTOINETTE KHALIL
File number: VID 128 of 2012
Judge: GRAY J
Date of judgment: 24 October 2012
Catchwords: HUMAN RIGHTS - discrimination – disability – settlement of proceeding – approval of settlement by Court – application for approval – requirement that application be accompanied by opinion of independent lawyer – whether opinion of counsel acting for applicant complies PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – applicant under disability – settlement – approval of settlement by Court – application for approval – requirement that application be accompanied by opinion of independent lawyer – whether opinion of counsel acting for applicant complies
Words & phrases: "independent"
Legislation: Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) ss 5, 6 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 9.70, 9.70(1), 9.71, 9.71(2)(c)
Cases cited: Wade v State of Victoria (No 2) [2012] FCA 1080 followed
Date of hearing: 24 October 2012
Place: Melbourne
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 21
Counsel for the applicant: Mr DJ Hancock
Solicitor for the applicant: MLC Lawyers
Counsel for the respondents: Ms C Serpell
Solicitor for the respondents: Office of the Public Advocate
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION VID 128 of 2012
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