Graham -v- Director General, Department of Community Services (EOD) [2001] NSWADTAP 4

Appeal Panel

CITATION: Graham -v- Director General, Department of Community Services (EOD) [2001] NSWADTAP 4 APPLICANT PARTIES: Karen Graham RESPONDENT Director General, Department of Community Services FILE NUMBER: 999018 HEARING DATES: 4 December 2000 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 12/04/2000 DATE OF DECISION: 02/28/2001

Dismissal of costs application DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Bell N - Judicial Member; McDonald O - Member CATCHWORDS: costs - adequacy of reasons - costs - relevant considerations MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 125 of 1997 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 10/13/2000 LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Graham v Director General, Department of Community Services (ex tempore, unreported) Squires v Qantas Airways Ltd (1985) EOC Herring v Benevolent Society of New South Wales (1992) EOC Bugden v State Rail Authority (1992) EOC CASES CITED: Duggan v Shore Inn Pty Ltd (1993) EOC House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Norbis v Norbis (1986) 161 CLR 513). Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541). APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: J Keys, barrister RESPONDENT E Brus, barrister ORDERS: 1. Appeal dismissed.