Gaynor v Local Court of NSW & Ors [2019] NSWSC 805

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gaynor v Local Court of NSW & Ors [2019] NSWSC 805 Hearing dates: 2 May 2019 Date of orders: 28 June 2019 Decision date: 28 June 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison J Decision: Further amended summons dismissed Catchwords: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – diversity jurisdiction – whether s 34B of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act is constitutionally valid – whether the Local Court can exercise jurisdiction if the existence of its jurisdiction is conditioned upon an application being first made with the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal in circumstances where the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to determine the matter

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – whether Part 3A of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act offends the Kable principle – whether the NSW parliament lacks extra-territorial power – whether Part 3A of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act fails to give full faith and credit to the laws of Queensland

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – whether it would be possible for the Local Court to be satisfied of the matter in s 34B(2)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act – whether it would be possible for the Local Court to be satisfied of the matter in s 34B(2)(d) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act – whether ss 49ZS and 49ZT of the Anti-Discrimination Act deprive the Local Court of jurisdiction Legislation Cited: Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW), ss, 49ZS, 49ZT, 93C, 102 Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), s 34B, 34C Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 3(1) Commonwealth Constitution, ss 75, 76, 77, 109, 118 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss, 39, 78B Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), ss 29, 30, 34 Cases Cited: AG (NSW) v Gatsby [2018] NSWCA 254 AG (NT) v Emmerson (2014) 307 ALR 174; [2014] HCA 13 Burns v Corbett; Burns v Gaynor; AG (NSW) v Burns; NSW v Burns (2018) 82 ALJR 423; [2018] HCA 15 Burns v Corbett; Gaynor v Burns (2017) 96 NSWLR 247; [2017] NSWCA 3 Burns v Gaynor [2015] NSWCATAD 211 Burns v Gaynor [2015] NSWCATAP 184 Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51; [1996] HCA 24 New South Wales v Kable (2013) 252 CLR 118; [2013] HCA 26 Rizeq v State of Western Australia (2017) 262 CLR 1; [2017] HCA 23 Union Steamship Co v King (1988) 166 CLR 1; [1988] HCA 55 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Bernard Gaynor (Plaintiff) Local Court of New South Wales (First Defendant) President of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Second Defendant) President of the Anti-Discrimination Board of New South Wales (Third Defendant) Garry Burns (Fourth Defendant) Attorney General for New South Wales (Intervener) Representation: Counsel: P E King (Plaintiff) S Robertson (Intervener)