Araya v Owners Corporation SP65717 [2021] NSWCATAD 5

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Araya v Owners Corporation SP65717 [2021] NSWCATAD 5 Hearing dates: 28 October 2020 Date of orders: 11 January 2021 Decision date: 11 January 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Dr J Lucy, Senior Member Prof J Goodman-Delahunty, General Member Decision: The application is dismissed. Catchwords: EQUAL OPPORTUNITY – Disability discrimination – Whether owners corporation discriminated against disabled resident and her husband by enforcing by-law prohibiting parking in disabled visitors parking space – Whether Owners Corporation provided services – Whether first applicant's disability was a reason for differential treatment - Whether Tribunal entitled to take judicial notice of certain matters Legislation Cited: Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) Cases Cited: Araya v Owners Corporation SP65717 [2020] NSWCATAD 104 Australian Iron and Steel Pty Limited v Banovic [1989] HCA 56; (1989) 168 CLR 165 Bonella & Ors v Wollongong City Council [2001] NSWADT 194 Catholic Education Office v Clarke [2004] FCAFC 197 Dutt v Central Coast Area Health Service [2002] NSWADT 133 Garriock v Football Federation Australia [2016] NSWCATAD 63 Hamed v Director General, Department of Education [2007] NSWADT 43 IW v City of Perth [1997] HCA 30; (1998) 191 CLR 1 Khanna v Director General, NSW Department of Education & Communities [2012] NSWADT 92 Lance Tyrrell v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCATAD 57 Nicholls & Nicholls v Director-General Department of Education and Training (No 2) [2009] NSWADTAP 20 Norrie v NSW Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages [2013] NSWCA 145 Purvis v State of New South Wales [2003] HCA 62; (2003) 217 CLR 92 State of New South Wales v Amery [2006] HCA 14; (2006) 230 CLR 174 State of NSW (NSW Police Force) v Whitfield [2012] NSWADTAP 27 Thomas v Mowbray (2007) 233 CLR 307 Walker v State of Victoria [2011] FCA 258 Waters v Public Transport Corporation [1991] HCA 49; (1991) 173 CLR 349 Wright v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 16 Wright v Commissioner of Police [2014] NSWCATAP 67 Texts Cited: None Cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Alicia Araya (First Applicant) Alexandre Araya (Second Applicant) Owners Corporation SP65717 (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicants (Self-Represented) J McGrath (Michael Roberts Strata Management Services Pty Ltd) (Respondent) File Number(s): 2019/00401131 Publication restriction: Nil