FFP v Cumberland City Council [2022] NSWCATAD 136

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: FFP v Cumberland City Council [2022] NSWCATAD 136 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 28 April 2022 Decision date: 28 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: J D Little, Senior Member Decision: 1. The Applicant's application that I disqualify myself from further dealing with his application is refused. 2. In respect of the part-heard final hearing of the substantive proceedings, within 28 days of this decision, the parties to file and serve any additional written submissions upon which that party wishes to rely. Catchwords: BIAS – recusal – procedural fairness - costs Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Cases Cited: Bienstein v Bienstein (2003) 195 ALR 225 CEU v University of Technology Sydney [2017] NSWCATAD 280 Charisteas v Charisteas [2021] HCA 29 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63 Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488 KT v Sydney Local Health Network [2011] NSWADT 171 Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Nicholls (2011) 244 CLR 427 Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services & Multicultural Affairs v CQZ15 [2021] FCAFC 24 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: FFP (Applicant) Cumberland Council (Respondent) Representation: Self-represented (Applicant) Storey & Gough Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/289766 Publication restriction: The publication or broadcast of the name of the applicant is prohibited pursuant to s 64(1)(a) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013. The applicant is to be known by the pseudonym "FFP"