JA v State of New South Wales [2003] NSWADT 272

CITATION: JA v State of New South Wales [2003] NSWADT 272 DIVISION: Equal Opportunity Division APPLICANT PARTIES: JA RESPONDENT State of New South Wales FILE NUMBER: 021075 HEARING DATES: 05/06/03 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 06/05/2003 DATE OF DECISION: 12/18/2003

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Acting President); McDonald O - Member; Mooney L - Member APPLICATION: Age Discrimination - Accommodation - Dismissal of complaint - frivolous, vexatious, misconceived or lacking in substance MATTER FOR DECISION: Preliminary matter Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Crown Proceedings Act 1988 LEGISLATION CITED : Mental Health Act 1990 Police Act 1990 Police Service Act 1990 Police Service Amendment (NSW Police) Act 2002 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Assal v Dept. of Health, Housing & Community Services (1992) EOC 92-409 Brimson v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 937 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service v Estate of Russell [2001] NSWSC 745 Commissioner of Police v The Estate of Edward John Russell & Ors [2002] NSWCA 272 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Ebber v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission & Ors (unreported, Drummond J, 17 March 1995) General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 IW v City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1 Karekar v Tafe Commission of New South Wales [2000] NSWADT 187 KB v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 30 Langley v Niland [1981] 2 NSWLR 104 CASES CITED: LD v Voltime Pty Ltd (trading as Cronulla Hotel) [2000] NSWADT 95 LD v Voltime Pty Limited (trading as Cronulla Hotel) [2001] NSWADT 5 LD v Voltime Pty Ltd (trading as the Cronulla Hotel) (EOD) [2001] NSWADTAP 13 McGlade v Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission [2000] FCA 1477 Nagasinghe v T A Worthington QC & Anor (unreported, von Doussa J, 6 October 1994 at 5; appeal to the Full Court dismissed, unreported, 2 June 1996; application for special leave to appeal to the High Court refused [1996] 13 Leg. Rep. SL11) Orr v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 150 Pannizutti v Trask (1987) 10 NSWLR 531 Peter Kent Development Pty Ltd v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (SC (NSW), Hunt J, 6 May 1980, unreported) Rajski v Powell (1987) 11 NSWLR 522 State Electricity Commission of Victoria v Rabel [1998] 1 VR 102 Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: In person RESPONDENT S Spartalis, counsel ORDERS: 1 The application under s 111(1) is dismissed. ; 2 The matter is to be listed for further case conference on a date to be arranged by the Registry in consultation with the parties and the Tribunal.