NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : COMMISSIONER OF FIRE BRIGADES (NEW SOUTH WALES) v. TERENCE LAVERY [2005] NSWSC 268
HEARING DATE(S) : 8 September 2004
JUDGMENT DATE : 6 April 2005
JURISDICTION : COMMON LAW
JUDGMENT OF : Greg James J at 1
DECISION : I dismiss the summons.; The plaintiff is to pay the defendants costs.
CATCHWORDS : Appeal - Discrimination - Nature of discrimination - Jurisdiction of Anti Discrimination Tribunal - Continuing discrimination commenced before Act - Requirements for valid complaint - Indirect and direct discrimination - Appropriateness of comparison with non disabled workers.
Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Racial Discrimination Act (1975) Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
Purvis v State of New South Wales (2003) 202 ALR 133 Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd v Banovic (1989) 168 CLR 165 Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 Lavery v. Commissioner of New South Wales Fire Brigade [2003] NSWADT 93 Wollongong City Council v. Bonella & Ors (EOD) [2002] NSW ADTAP 26 CASES CITED : Najdovska & Ors v. Australian Iron & Steel Pty. Limited (EOC) (1985) 92-140 Australian Medical Council v Wilson (1996) 68FCR 46 at 55 Langley v. Niland (1981) 2 NSWLR 104 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service v. Orr (EOD) [2001] NSW ADTAP 16 Reyes-Gonzales v Sydney Institute of Technology (1998) NSWEOT
PARTIES : COMMISSIONER OF FIRE BRIGADES (NEW SOUTH WALES) v. TERENCE LAVERY
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC No. 30117 of 2003
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