Bennett v Registrar, NSW Births Deaths & Marriages & Anor (GD) [2007] NSWADTAP 2

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION: Bennett v Registrar, NSW Births Deaths & Marriages & Anor (GD) [2007] NSWADTAP 2

APPELLANT Paul Graham Bennett PARTIES: FIRST RESPONDENT Registrar, NSW Births Deaths and Marriages SECOND RESPONDENT Margaret Schofield

FILE NUMBER: 069010

HEARING DATES: 8/06/2006

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 8 June 2006

DATE OF DECISION: 9 January 2007

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Higgins S - Judicial Member; O'Neill A - Non Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: application of legal principles to factual findings - findings of fact - procedural fairness

MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter

FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 053182

DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 02/02/2006

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)

Attorney-General (NSW) v X (2000) 49 NSWLR 653 Australian Gas Light Co v Value-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Chu Sing Wun v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 47 ALD 5 Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gevaert Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 389 Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic Enterprises Pty Ltd (1993) 43 FCR 280 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy 75 ALJR 277 CASES CITED: Huluba v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1995) 59 FCR 518 K v K [2000] NSWSC 1052 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Lloyd v Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee [2005] NSWCA 456 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1985-1986) 162 CLR 25 Re Fagan Deceased (1980) 23 SASR 454 Re R [2000] NSWSC 886 S v S [2001] NSWSC 146