Peter Roberts Motors Pty Ltd v Moreira & anor (EOD) [2002] NSWADTAP 44

Appeal Panel

CITATION: Peter Roberts Motors Pty Ltd v Moreira & anor (EOD) [2002] NSWADTAP 44 APPELLANT PARTIES: Peter Roberts Motors Pty Ltd RESPONDENTS Nestor Moreira and Varina Moreira FILE NUMBER: 029025 HEARING DATES: 27/08/02 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 08/27/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 12/20/2002

Moreira & anor v Peter Robert Motors Pty Limited [2002] NSWADT 70 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Latham M - DCJ (Deputy President); Loukas C - Judicial Member; Alt M - Member CATCHWORDS: adequacy of reasons - evidence - mutually corroborative evidence - statutory interpretation MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 011061 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 05/10/2002 LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Evidence Act 1995 Commissioner of Corrective Services v Aldridge [2000] NSWADTAP 5 Seltsam Pty Limited v McGuiness; James Hardie & Coy Pty Limited v McGuiness [2000] NSWCA 29; 49 NSWLR 262 Jones v Great Western Railway Co (1930) 47 TLR 39 Carr v Baker (1936) 36 SR(NSW) 301 CASES CITED: Layton v Vines (1952) 85 CLR 352 Lewis & anor v Registrar Consumer Claims Tribunal & anor [1999] NSWSC 381 Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Athens & anor v Randwick City Council [2002] NSWCA 83 APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: B Vukedinovic, barrister RESPONDENT In person ORDERS: Date of Orders: 27/08/02; Appeal dismissed in part.; Appeal allowed as to the failure of the Tribunal to determine the issue of mitigation of damages.; Remitted to the Tribunal below to determine, on the evidence at first instance, whether there was an attempt to mitigate damages, and if so, the extent to which the award of damages is affected.