Discrimination Law: Disability

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disability discrimination

This page considers law and discrimination against the disabled in Australia.

It covers -

     introduction

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     principles and issues

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     cases

Key cases are -

X v Department of Defence (1995) EOC 92-715
Scott v Telstra Corporation Ltd (1995) EOC 92-917
X v Commonwealth [1999] HCA 63; (1999) 200 CLR 177
Court v Hamlyn-Harris [2000] FCA 1870
Cosma v Qantas Airways Ltd [2002] FCA 640
Arrah v P & O Catering Services Pty Ltd [2002] FMCA 27
Souliotopoulos v La Trobe University Liberal Club (2002) 120 FCR 584
Purvis v New South Wales (Department of Education & Training) (2002) 117 FCR 237
Daghlian v Australian Postal Corporation [2003] FCA 759
Forbes v Commonwealth [2003] FMCA 262
Purvis v New South Wales (Department of Education & Training) (2003) 202 ALR 133
Forbes v Australian Federal Police (Commonwealth of Australia) [2004] FCAFC 95
Ware v OAMPS Insurance Brokers Ltd [2005] FMCA 664 - here
Ball v Silver Top Taxi Service Ltd [2004] FMCA 967
Trindall v NSW Commissioner of Police (2005) FMCA 2

studies

Studies include -

'Purvis in the High Court Behaviour, Disability and the Meaning of Direct Discrimination' by Samantha Edwards in Sydney Law Review (2004) 42 - here
'Using Anti-discrimination Law as a Tool of Exclusion: a Critical Analysis of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and Purvis v NSW' by Jacob Campbell in Macquarie Law Journal (2005) - here
'Mental Illness, Discrimination in Employment and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)' by Bourke in 3(4) Journal of Law and Medicine (1996) 318-335

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