Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Tsirigotis v State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training) [2020] FCA 1771 File numbers: VID 1514 of 2018 VID 679 of 2019 VID 1159 of 2019
Judgment of: ANASTASSIOU J
Date of judgment: 10 December 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application by litigation guardian for approval of settlement – claims concerned allegations of disability discrimination – whether settlement should be approved – considerations relevant to approval of such a settlement – whether appropriate to make confidentiality orders – settlement approved
Legislation: Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), ss 5 and 6 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 37AF, 37AG(1)(a) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), r 9.63, 9.70, 9.71
Cases cited: Fisher v Marin [2008] NSWSC 1357 Hartigan-Dunn v State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) [2019] FCA 1146 James v WorkPower Inc [2019] FCA 1239 Kemp v State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training) [2018] FCA 1327 Lewis v The State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training) [2019] FCA 714 Murrell v Mansfield Autism Statewide Services [2020] FCA 943 Tsirigotis v The Ivanhoe Grammar School [2018] FCA 2038
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
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