Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
De Kauwe as litigation representative of Joshua de Kauwe v State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training) (No 2) [2020] FCA 1350 File numbers: VID 1319 of 2017 VID 1332 of 2018
Judgment of: KERR J
Date of judgment: 21 September 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – allegations of discrimination contrary to the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) in the provision of educational services to child Applicant – where Applicant represented by litigation representative – application to the Court for approval of compromise pursuant to r 9.70 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – where application accompanied by opinion of Applicant's own lawyer that agreement in his best interests – application granted
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 1.34, 9.70, 9.71
Cases cited: Jones v Victoria [2014] FCA 1404; 145 ALD 619 Wade v Victoria (No 2) [2012] FCA 1080
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Number of paragraphs: 15
Date of last submission: 15 September 2019
Date of hearing: Determined on the papers
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr P Bingham
Solicitor for the Applicant: Berrill & Watson Lawyers
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr C Young and Ms E Holt
Solicitor for the Respondent: Allens
ORDERS VID 1319 of 2017
BETWEEN: KARRINA DE KAUWE AS LITIGATION REPRESENTATIVE FOR JOSHUA DE KAUWE Applicant
AND: THE STATE OF VICTORIA (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING) Respondent
order made by: KERR J DATE OF ORDER: 21 September 2020
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