Moxon (No. 2) -v- Westbus Pty Ltd (EOD) [2002] NSWADTAP 24

Appeal Panel

CITATION: Moxon (No. 2) -v- Westbus Pty Ltd (EOD) [2002] NSWADTAP 24 APPELLANT PARTIES: John Moxon RESPONDENT Westbus Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: 019052 HEARING DATES: 25/03/02 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 03/25/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 08/15/2002

Moxon -v- Westbus Pty Ltd [2001] NSWADT 159 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Hennessy N (Deputy President); Rice S - Judicial Member; Jowett T - Member CATCHWORDS: leave to extend to the merits - relevant/irrelevant considerations - statutory interpretation MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 001098 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 09/24/2002 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Moxon v Westbus Pty Limited (EOD) [2000] NSWADTAP 12 Moxon v Westbus Pty Limited [2001] NSWADT 159 Bonella & Ors v Wollongong City Council [2002] NSWADTAP 25 Bonella & ors -v- Wollongong City Council [2001] NSWADT 194 McDonald v Puplick & Ors (unreported, Matter No 30090/97 [1998] NSWSC 428 (12 June 1998) Maguire v Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) (2001) EOC 93-123 Cooper & Ors v Holiday Coast Cinema Centres Pty Ltd (HREOC unreported, 29/8/1997) CASES CITED: Scott & Anor v Telstra Corporation Limited (1995) EOC 92-717 Druett and Cooper v State of New South Wales (2000) HREOC H99/6, 17 April 2000 Hills Grammar School v Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission & Ors (2000) EOC 93-081 Finney v The Hills Grammar School (1999) EOC 93-020 Dennis Wilcox Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 79 ALR 267 The Queen v Toohey; ex parte Meneling Station Pty Ltd (1982) 158 CLR 327 Australian Gas Light Co v Valuer General (1940) 40 SR(NSW) 126; House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service v Valkai (No 2) [2001] NSWADTAP 43 APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: N Beaumont, barrister RESPONDENT C Ronalds, barrister ORDERS: The appeal is dismissed.