Ella and ors v State of New South Wales (NSW Police) [2005] NSWADT 145

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CITATION: Ella and ors v State of New South Wales (NSW Police) [2005] NSWADT 145 DIVISION: Equal Opportunity Division APPLICANTS Timothy Ella Teresa Haines-Brown Latoya Brown Terrence Ella Kimberly Ella Max Harrison snr The estate of Anthony Harrison Ronald McLeod Beverly Johnson Ronald McLeod Jnr Lynette Johnson Margaret Johnson Audrey McLeod Lewis Ahoy PARTIES: Sharee Ahoy Stacy Ahoy Andrew Ahoy Lewis Ahoy Jnr Selina Brown Bardin Brown Haley Brown Joe Brown Jnr Kooncha Brown Carlene Harrison The estate of Edward Connelly Coral Harrison Steve Accaro Erin Harrison Martin Elaine Hanson RESPONDENT State of New South Wales (NSW Police) FILE NUMBER: 041048 HEARING DATES: 21/02/2005-22/02/2005 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 02/22/2005 DATE OF DECISION: 06/29/2005

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Bolt M - Non Judicial Member; Gill M - Non Judicial Member APPLICATION: Dismissal of complaint - frivolous, vexatious, misconceived or lacking in substance MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 LEGISLATION CITED : Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 Police Act 1990 Commissioner of Police v Orr [2001] NSWADTAP 16 State Electricity Commission of Victoria v Rabel [1998] 1 VR 102 Mr and Mrs A on behalf of their four children -v- State of New South Wales and Department of Education and Training [2003] NSWADT 71 Walsh and Gabell v Australian Postal Corporation [1997] NSWEOT Langley v Niland [1981] 2 NSWLR 104 Harding v Vice Chancellor, University of NSW (2003) NSWADT 74 CASES CITED: IW v City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service v Estate of Russell [2001] NSWSC 745 Crewdson v Niland [2002] NSWADTAP 5 Borg v Commissioner, Department of Corrective Services & Anor [2003] NSWADT 35 Russell v The Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service and Others [2002] (No2) NSWADT 252 Holdaway v Qantas Airways Ltd (1992) EOC 92-430 Sivananthan v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2002] NSWADT 45 Tu v University of Sydney (No 2) [2002] NSWADTAP 25 Wilde v University of Sydney (No 2) [2004] NSWADT 16 APPLICANTS REPRESENTATION: J Keyes, counsel RESPONDENT K Nomchong, counsel ORDERS: The complaints are dismissed. No order as to costs.