Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Praljak v State of Queensland [2022] FCA 1437 File number: QUD 423 of 2021
Judgment of: MCEVOY J
Date of judgment: 30 November 2022
Catchwords: HUMAN RIGHTS – separate question – application for leave pursuant to s 46PO of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) – where applicant complained to the Australian Human Rights Commission of unlawful discrimination by respondent on the ground of disability – where after inquiries the AHRC terminated the complaint on the basis that an inquiry into the complaint was not warranted in the circumstances – applicant claims discrimination by a magistrate in the Southport Magistrates Court on the basis of acrophobia impairment – where s 46PO(3A)(a) provides that application must not be made unless the court grants leave to do so – whether leave should be granted – doctrine of judicial immunity applies – proceeding is an abuse of process – leave refused.
Legislation: Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) ss 46, 46F(5)(a), 46P, 46PF, 46PH, 46PO Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) ss 3, 6 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) Magistrates Act 1991 (Qld) s 51
Cases cited: Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (2006) 226 CLR 256; [2006] HCA 27 Bropho v State of Western Australia [2004] FCA 1209 Dye v Commonwealth Securities Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCAFC 118 Eliezer v University of Sydney (2015) 239 FCR 381; [2015] FCA 1045 Fingleton v The Queen (2005) 227 CLR 166; [2005] HCA 34 French v Gray, Special Minister of State (2013) 217 FCR 404; [2013] FCA 263 Gallo v Dawson (1988) 63 ALJR 121 James v WorkPower Inc [2018] FCA 2083 Mann v O'Neill (1997) 191 CLR 204; [1997] HCA 28 Nudd v R (2006) 225 ALR 161; [2006] HCA 9 Praljak v State of Queensland [2022] FCA 572 R v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 Rajski v Powell (1987) 11 NSWLR 522 Re East; Ex Parte Nguyen (1998) 196 CLR 354; [1998] HCA 73 Ridgeway v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 19; [1995] HCA 66 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251; [1994] HCA 42 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 28 UBS AG v Tyne (2018) 265 CLR 77; [2018] HCA 45 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378; [1993] HCA 77 Wentworth v Wentworth (2001) 52 NSWLR 602; [2000] NSWCA 350 Yeldham v Rajski (1989) 18 NSWLR 48 Nakhla v McCarthy [1978] 1 NZLR 291
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