Burns v Sunol [2017] NSWCATAD 215

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Burns v Sunol [2017] NSWCATAD 215 Hearing dates: 20 February 2017 Date of orders: 30 June 2017 Decision date: 30 June 2017 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: A Britton, Principal Member J Newman, General Member Decision: (1) Complaint is substantiated. Catchwords: HUMAN RIGHTS — homosexual vilification — meaning of "public act" — whether communication to the public of material on a third party website is a "public act" of the alleged vilifier — whether the publication had the capacity to incite hatred towards, serious contempt for, homosexual persons

PROCEDURE—bias — apprehended bias — actual bias

DAMAGES — assessment of damages under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Legislation Cited: Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Cases Cited: Burns v Dye [2002] NSWADT 32 Burns v Sunol [2012] NSWADT 246 Burns v Corbett; Gaynor v Burns [2017] NSWCA 3 BY v Director General, Attorney General's Department [2002] NSWADT 79 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police v Mooney (No 3) (EOD) [2004] NSWADTAP 22 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63; (2000) 205 CLR 337 Jones v Trad [2013] NSWCA 389 Kazak v John Fairfax Publications Limited [1995] EOC 92-701 at [40] Margan v Manias [2014] NSWCATAP 16 Margan v Manias [2015] NSWCA 388 Michael Wilson & Partners v Nicholls [2011] HCA 48; (2011) 244 CLR 427 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia Legeng [2001] HCA 17; (2001) 205 CLR 507 South Western Sydney Area Health Services v Edmonds [2007] NSWCA 16 Sunol v Burns [2015] NSWCATAP 207 Sunol v Collier and anor. (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Garry Burns (Applicant) John Sunol (Respondent) Representation: In Person (Applicant) In Person (Respondent) File Number(s): 2016/00378400