ANU v State of NSW (Sydney Local Health District) [2013] NSWADT 38

Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: ANU v State of NSW (Sydney Local Health District) [2013] NSWADT 38 Hearing dates: 10 December 2012 Decision date: 15 February 2013 Before: Magistrate N Hennessy, Deputy President Decision: 1. Application for summary dismissal refused. 2. Matter listed for case conference on 6 March 2013 at 3.30 pm. Catchwords: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION - application for summary dismissal because complaint does not disclose a contravention of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 - meaning of "relative" - whether a relative whose disability is the alleged ground of discrimination must be alive at the relevant time Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Anti-Discrimination (Amendment) Act 1994 Coroners Act 1980 Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA) Human Tissue Act 1983 Interpretation Act 1987 Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Same Sex Relationships) Act 2008 Cases Cited: Craig Williamson Pty Ltd v Barrowcliff [1915] VLR 450 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner of Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 IW v City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1 Prakash v Bobb Borg Enterprises Pty Ltd [1999] NSWADT 73 QY & QZ v Sydney South West Area Health Service (EOD) [2010] NSWADTAP 48 QY & QZ v Sydney South West Area Health Service, unreported, 15 December 2009 QZ v Sydney South West Area Health Service [2012] HCA Trans 164 Rodriguez v United States 480 US 522 (1987) Sydney Local Health Network v QY and QZ [2011] NSWCA 412 Victims Compensation Fund Corporation v Brown (2003) 77 ALJR 1797 Texts Cited: Pearce DC and Geddes RS, Statutory Interpretation in Australia, LexisNexis 2006, 6th ed. Geddes RS, "Purpose and Context in Statutory Interpretation" in Statutory Interpretation, Principles and pragmatism for a new age, Judicial Commission of NSW Education Monograph 4 - June 2007 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: ANU (Applicant) State of NSW (Sydney Local Health District) (Respondent) Representation: Counsel Dr C S Ward (Applicant) D Thomas (Respondent) HALC Inc. (Applicant) Curwoods Legal Services (Respondent) File Number(s): 121018 Publication restriction: By consent: a) the disclosure of the name, address, picture or any other material that identifies or may lead to the identification of the applicant is prohibited. b) the doing of any other thing that identifies or may lead to the identification of the applicant is prohibited.