Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Pascoe v State of Victoria (Department of Health and Human Services) [2017] FCA 498 File numbers: VID 477 of 2015 VID 237 of 2016 VID 1173 of 2016
Judge: MURPHY J
Date of judgment: 12 May 2017
Catchwords: HUMAN RIGHTS – disability discrimination – settlement of proceeding – Court approval of settlement
Legislation: Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) Disability Act 2006 (Vic)
Cases cited: Gillespie v Alperstein [1964] VR 749 Gray v State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) [2017] FCA 353 Hickey v Public Advocate (Victoria) [2012] FCA 1203 Jones (by his next friend Jones) v Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) (2014) 145 ALD 619; [2014] FCA 1404 Modra v State of Victoria (Department of Human Services Victoria) [2013] FCA 1041 Scandolera (by his next friend Robinson) & Another v Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) (2015) 331 ALR 525; [2015] FCA 1451 Smith v Marriott Support Services [2013] FCA 312
Date of hearing: Heard on the papers
Date of last submissions: 10 February 2017
Registry: Victoria
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 30
Solicitor for the Applicants: Arnold Thomas and Becker
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