Dutt -v- Central Coast Area Health Service; Central Coast Area Health Service -v- Dutt (EOD) [2003] NSWADTAP 3

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION: Dutt -v- Central Coast Area Health Service; Central Coast Area Health Service -v- Dutt (EOD) [2003] NSWADTAP 3 APPELLANT 1. Central Coast Area Health Service PARTIES: 2. Dr Arunjit Dutt RESPONDENT 1. Dr Arunjit Dutt 2. Central Coast Area Health Servcie FILE NUMBER: 029039 and 029040 HEARING DATES: 06/02/2003 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 02/06/2003 DATE OF DECISION: 02/28/2003

Dutt v Central Coast Area Health Service [2002] NSWADT 133 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Goode P - Judicial Member; Mooney L - Member CATCHWORDS: no question of law identified - standard of proof MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 991085 and 001017 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 08/06/2002 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Evidence Act 1995 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 G v H (1994) 181 CLR 387 State of Victoria v Macedonian Teachers Association of Victoria [1999] FCA 1287 State of Victoria & Ors v McKenna and McKenna v State of Victoria & Ors (2000) EOC 93-080 Re Pochi and Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1977) 2 ALD 33. CASES CITED: Collins v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1981) 4 ALD 198 Hafza v Director-General of Social Security (1985) 60 ALR 675 Brandusoiu -v- Commissioner of Police [1999] NSWADTAP 8 Martin v Crimes Compensation Tribunal State of Victoria 91 A Crim R 301 Hall and Ors v Sheiban Pty Ltd and Ors (1989) EOC 92,250 Phillips v Aboriginal Legal Service (1996) EOC 92-704 APPELLANT 1. S Coleman, barrister REPRESENTATION: 2. E Brus, barrister RESPONDENT 1. E Brus, barrister 2. S Coleman, barrister ORDERS: 1. Dr Dutt's appeal is dismissed; 2. The Central Coast Area Health Service's appeal is dismissed.