ANASTASIA v Price Waterhouse Cooper Services Pty Ltd

Anastasia (the applicant) sought leave to appeal to the Federal Court of Australia against a decision of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) concerning a complaint of disability discrimination against Price Waterhouse Cooper Services Pty Ltd (the respondent). The applicant alleged that the respondent had discriminated against her on the basis of her disability.

The primary legal issues before the Court were whether the AHRC had thoroughly dealt with the merits of the applicant's complaint and whether leave should be granted to bring the application to the Court under s 46PO(3A) of the *Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986* (Cth). A further issue was whether there had been any disability discrimination towards the applicant by the respondent.

Judge Humphreys found that the AHRC had adequately dealt with the merits of the complaint. Crucially, the Court was not satisfied that any disability discrimination had occurred. Consequently, leave to apply to the Court pursuant to s 46PO(3A) of the *Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986* (Cth) was refused.

The application was dismissed, with no order as to costs.