Commissioner of Fire Brigades v Lavery (EOD) [2003] NSWADTAP 60

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION: Commissioner of Fire Brigades v Lavery (EOD) [2003] NSWADTAP 60 APPELLANT PARTIES: Commissioner of Fire Brigades RESPONDENT Terence Lavery FILE NUMBER: 039044 and 039034 HEARING DATES: 20/08/03 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 08/27/2003 DATE OF DECISION: 11/26/2003

Lavery v Commissioner of NSW Fire Brigades [2003] NSWADT 93; Lavery v Commissioner of NSW Fire Brigades (No 2) [2003] NSWADT 140 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Acting President); Rice S - Judicial Member; Alt M - Member CATCHWORDS: costs - jurisdiction - procedural fairness - relevant/irrelevant considerations MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 011023 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 05/06/2003 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT) Allesch v Maunz [2000] 203 CLR 172 Brandusoiu v Commissioner of Police [1999] NSWADTAP 8 Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service v Orr (EOD) [2001] NSWADTAP 16 Commonwealth of Australia v The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission & Ors (1994) EOC 92-566 De Dominico v Marshall (1999) FCR 97 Devries v The Australian National Railways Commission (1992) 177 CLR 472 French v Sydney Turf Club Ltd [2003] NSWADTAP 10 Haines v Leves & Anor (1987) 8 NSWLR 442 Langley v Niland [1981] 2 NSWLR 104 Lavery v Commissioner of NSW Fire Brigades [2003] NSWADT 93 CASES CITED: Lavery v Commissioner of NSW Fire Brigades (No 2) [2003] NSWADT 140 Najdovska & Ors v Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (1985) EOC 92-140 Paing Pty Ltd & Ors v Golden Harvest (Aust) Pty Ltd NSWSC 750 Re Association of Architects of Australia; ex parte Municipal Officers Association of Australia [1989] 27 IR 278 Reyes-Gonzales v Sydney Institute (1998) NSWEOT (6 March 1998) Salama v Qantas Airways Limited [2002] NSWADT 119 Sullivan v Department of Defence (1992) EOC 92-421 Sullivan v Department of Transport (1978) 20 ALR 323 Tu v University of Sydney (No.2) (EOD)[2002] NSWADTAP 25 Wollongong City Council v Bonella & Ors and Bonella & Ors v Wollongong City Council (EOD) [2002] NSWADTAP26 Woods v Wollongong City Council No.1 (1986) EOC 92-174 APPELLANT R Goot, senior counsel REPRESENTATION: K Eastman, counsel RESPONDENT J Nolan, counsel ORDERS: 1 The decision of the Tribunal in Lavery v Commissioner of NSW Fire Brigades [2003] NSWADT 93 that the complaint is substantiated is affirmed.; 2 The order of the Tribunal in Lavery Commissioner of NSW Fire Brigades (No 2) [2003] NSWADT 140 is affirmed.; 3 No order as to costs. ; 4 The appeals are dismissed.