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Administrative law

Boscolo v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation

The Court refused leave to appeal, dismissed the summons, and ordered costs. It rejected discrimination and retaliatory eviction arguments and admitted photographs under s 55A.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Question of law
  • Social housing tenancy termination
  • Hoarding clause
  • Retaliatory eviction
  • Admission of photographs
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Human rights

Madukolu v Care Metaz Global Pty Ltd

Madukolu v Care Metaz Global Pty Ltd [2025] NSWCATAD 58

The Tribunal dismissed an employment discrimination complaint alleging race discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, and victimisation under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

  • Race discrimination
  • Pregnancy discrimination
  • Victimisation
  • Employment termination
  • Direct discrimination
  • Race-discrimination
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Administrative law

Gunning v State of Queensland (Pleadings Dispute)

Gunning v State of Queensland (Pleadings Dispute) [2025] FCA 83

The Federal Court granted leave to amend pleadings in two representative proceedings about First Nations child removals, and ordered discovery in part.

  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Strike out application
  • Discovery
  • Racial discrimination
  • Class actions
  • Amendment-of-pleadings
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Practice and procedure

EIX20 v State of Western Australia (No 2)

EIX20 v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2025] FCA 28

The Court partly refused leave to replead a disability discrimination claim for inadequate particulars and causation, but allowed other DDA and RDA claims to proceed.

  • Disability discrimination under dda
  • Racial discrimination under rda
  • Requirement for sufficient pleadings
  • Meaning of services in detention
  • Causation in discrimination claims
  • Disability-discrimination
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Discrimination law

Kyle-Sailor v Heinke (No 2)

Kyle-Sailor v Heinke (No 2) [2025] FCA 33

The Federal Court approved a $3 million class action settlement over allegedly racist publications arising from the Wotton settlement coverage, and approved the distribution scheme.

  • Racial vilification
  • Settlement approval
  • Distribution of settlement funds
  • Litigation funding
  • Damages
  • Suppression orders
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Human rights

Robinson v Woolworths Group Limited

Robinson v Woolworths Group Limited [2025] NSWCATAD 8

The Tribunal refused leave for a disability discrimination complaint to proceed, finding the alleged conduct was not actionable less favourable treatment in the terms of service.

  • Disability discrimination
  • Equal opportunity
  • Provision of goods and services
  • Procedural fairness in discrimination complaints
  • Leave to proceed
  • Anti-discrimination act 1977 (nsw)
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Human rights

Kingsbury v Melbourne City Mission

Kingsbury v Melbourne City Mission [2024] FCA 1390

Application for leave to bring an age discrimination claim under the AHRC Act was dismissed because the evidence did not show a tenable case.

  • Age discrimination
  • Leave to commence proceedings
  • Provision of social housing
  • Age-discrimination
  • Human-rights
  • Leave-to-commence-proceedings
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Contracts

Rossi v Qantas Airways Ltd

Rossi v Qantas Airways Ltd [2024] FCAFC 144

The Full Court dismissed Sara Rossi’s appeal, upholding the finding that she had capacity to sign a 2008 settlement deed releasing claims against Qantas.

  • Capacity to contract
  • Deeds of settlement
  • Workers' compensation
  • Mental incapacity
  • Admissibility of expert medical evidence
  • Capacity-to-contract
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Human rights

GKY v University of NSW (No 2)

GKY v University of NSW (No 2) [2024] NSWCATAD 312

The Tribunal dismissed a request for interim relief in a discrimination complaint, finding no prima facie case and that damages would be an adequate remedy.

  • Race discrimination
  • Victimisation
  • Interim orders
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Paid sick leave entitlements in education
  • Phd candidature
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Administrative law

Dezfouli v Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network

Dezfouli v Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network [2024] NSWCATAD 288

The Tribunal appointed a guardian ad litem for Mr Dezfouli in four anti-discrimination proceedings after finding he lacked capacity to represent himself.

  • Appointment of guardian ad litem
  • Capacity to participate in legal proceedings
  • Practice and procedure
  • Powers of tribunal
  • Guardian-ad-litem
  • Capacity
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