Shaikh -v- Police and Community Youth Clubs NSW Ltd & ors [2001] NSWADT 221

CITATION: Shaikh -v- Police and Community Youth Clubs NSW Ltd & ors [2001] NSWADT 221 DIVISION: Equal Opportunity Division APPLICANT Zaheer Shaikh FIRST RESPONDENT PARTIES: Police and Community Youth Clubs NSW Ltd SECOND RESPONDENT Bob and Bea Dowling THIRD RESPONDENT Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service FILE NUMBER: 011038 HEARING DATES: 06/09/2001 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 09/06/2001 DATE OF DECISION: 12/21/2001

BEFORE: Britton A - Judicial Member; Nemeth de Bikal L - Member; Lau L - Member APPLICATION: Dismissal of complaint - frivolous, vexatious, misconceived or lacking in substance - Victimisation MATTER FOR DECISION: Preliminary matter LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Sivananthan v Commissioner of Police, New South Police Service [2001] NSWADT 44 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service v Estate Edward John Russell & ors. [2001] NSWSC 745 CASES CITED: Assal v Department of Health and Housing (1992) EOC 92-409 Prakash v Bobb Borg Enterprises Pty Limited [1999] NSWADT 73 Waters v Public Transport Commission (1992) 173 CLR 349 IW v City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: S Friend, solicitor THIRD RESPONDENT S Winter, barrister ORDERS: Complaint of victimisation in respect of the third respondent is dismissed.