Riley v State of New South Wales (Department of Education) (No 2) [2020] NSWCATAD 19

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Riley v State of New South Wales (Department of Education) (No 2) [2020] NSWCATAD 19 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 16 January 2020 Decision date: 16 January 2020 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Dr J Lucy, Senior Member Prof J Goodman-Delahunty, General Member Decision: (1) A hearing on the respondents' costs application is dispensed with. (2) The respondents' application for costs is dismissed. Catchwords: COSTS – Whether special circumstances warranting an award of costs – No special circumstances Legislation Cited: Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Cases Cited: Anderson v Thompson [2001] NSWADT 11 Gaynor v Burns [2015] NSWCATAP 150 Hamid v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2018] NSWCATAD 93 Health Care Complaints Commission v Philipiah [2013] NSWCA 342 Komadina trading as We Paint Pools v Kelleher [2018] NSWCATAP 56 Kurmond Homes Pty Ltd v Spiteri [2015] NSWCATAP 48 Megerditchian v Kurmond Homes Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 120 Riley v State of New South Wales (Department of Education) [2019] NSWCATAD 223 Scott-Brydges v Lismore City Council (No 2) [2018] NSWCATAD 265 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Costs Parties: Nathan Riley (First Applicant) Robert Riley (Second Applicant) James Riley (Third Applicant) State of New South Wales (Department of Education) (First Respondent) Debbie Head (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: B Byrnes (Applicants) M Baroni (Respondents)