Burns v Laws [2005] NSWADT 229

CITATION: Burns v Laws [2005] NSWADT 229 DIVISION: Equal Opportunity Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Gary Burns RESPONDENT John Laws FILE NUMBER: 051044 HEARING DATES: 01/08/2005-02/08/2005 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 08/26/2005 DATE OF DECISION: 10/10/2005

BEFORE: Chesterman M - ADCJ (Deputy President); Houlahan L - Non Judicial Member; Quayle C - Non Judicial Member APPLICATION: Vilification - Homosexual MATTER FOR DECISION: Application for summary dismissal LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Supreme Court Act 1970 Attorney General v Bar-Mordecai [2005] NSWSC 142 Attorney-General v Wentworth (1988) 14 NSWLR 481 Blatch v Archer (1774) 1 Cowp 63; 98 ER 969 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Burns v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2005] NSWADT 24 Burns v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd & Ors [2004] NSWADT 267 Dolan v Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (1993) 42 FCR 206 Grainger v Hill (1838) 4 Bing (NC) 212; 132 ER 769 CASES CITED: Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Maharis v Malajevac (1994) 20 MVR 41 McGlade v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [2000] FCA 1477 Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 67 ALJR 170 Re Alessi and Director-General of Social Security (1984) 2 AAR 153 Robinson v Wentworth Area Health Service [2004] NSWADT 274 State Electricity Commission of Victoria v Rabel [1998] 1 VR 102 Varawa v Howard Smith Co Ltd (1911) 13 CLR 35 Weissensteiner v R (1993) 178 CLR 217 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: D Rofe, QC RESPONDENT G Reynolds, SC ORDERS: 1. The Respondent's application for summary dismissal of this complaint is dismissed; 2. The costs of this application are reserved ; 3. The matter is set down for further directions at 9.30 a.m. on 13 October 2005.