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[1996] VSC 51
Supreme Court of Victoria
1996-07-26
Winneke P
Original judgment source is linked above.
JANET LOUISE SPENCER (Appellant/Cross-Respondent) v. JOHN KENNETH
DOWLING and K.L. DOWLING & CO. (a firm) (Respondents/Cross-Appellants)
Equal opportunity - sexual harassment - interpretation of s.20(1)(a) of Equal Opportunity Act 1984 - nature of conduct required to be proved to satisfy unlawful conduct within meaning of the section.
Damages for breach of Equal Opportunity Act circumstances in which damages awarded under s.46(2) can include aggravated damages.
Costs awardable by Equal Opportunity Board - whether s.47(2) requires Board to award "actual costs" of a successful party or whether costs contemplated by the section are to be costs on a party/party basis subject to "special circumstances".
Council for the Appellant/ Mr G.D. Cullen Cross-Respondent:
Solicitors for the Appellant/ Ebsworth & Ebsworth Cross-Respondent:
Council for the Respondents/ Mr B.J. Lacy Cross-Appellants:
Solicitors for the Respondents/ Russell Kennedy Cross-Appellants:
Janet Louise Spencer (Appellant/Cross-Respondent)
John Kenneth Dowling and KL Dowling & Co