Jones & Anor v Ekermawi [2009] NSWCA 388

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Jones & Anor v Ekermawi [2009] NSWCA 388 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 18 November 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 7 December 2009

JUDGMENT OF: McColl JA at 1; Handley AJA at 2; Sackville AJA at 3

1. Grant the application for leave to appeal DECISION: 2. Dismiss the appeal 3. The applicants must pay Mr Ekermawi's costs of the application for leave to appeal and of the appeal

CATCHWORDS: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - procedural fairness - application in the Administrative Decisions Tribunal for leave to proceed with complaint of racial vilification - misunderstanding of Tribunal's decision by complainant - whether Tribunal denied complainant procedural fairness

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997, s 73 Anti Discrimination Act 1977, ss 20C, 87A, 87B, 88, 89, 89A, 90, 92, 93A, 96, 102, 108 LEGISLATION CITED: Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001, s 35 Supreme Court Act 1970, ss 69, 101(2)(r)

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Applicant NAFF of 2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] HCA 62; 221 CLR 1 Collection House Ltd v Taylor [2004] VSC 49 Commonwealth v BIS Cleanaway Limited [2008] NSWCA 170 Décor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industrial Inc (1991) 33 FCR 397 Deva v University of Western Sydney [2008] NSWCA 137 Ekermawi v Administrative Decisions Tribunal of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 143 CASES CITED: Ekermawi v Jones [2008] NSWADT 93 Italiano v Carbone [2005] NSWCA 177 Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1 SAAP v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] HCA 24; 228 CLR 294 Salido v Nominal Defendant (1993) 32 NSWLR 524 Winn v Blueprint Instant Printing Pty Ltd [2002] VSC 295 Xu v Sydney West Area Health Service [2006] NSWADT 3