Paramasivam v Vice Chancellor, University of New South Wales

The matter before the court involved Paramasivam, a former student of the University of New South Wales, and the Vice Chancellor of the university. Paramasivam sought to appeal a decision by the university's appeal committee to dismiss his complaint of bias against a professor. The case was heard in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether the university's appeal committee was biased in its handling of Paramasivam's complaint, and whether the committee had the jurisdiction to dismiss the complaint as frivolous, vexatious, misconceived or lacking in substance. The court was also asked to consider whether there was sufficient evidence to support the dismissal of the complaint and whether Paramasivam should be granted leave to extend to the merits of the case.

The court found that there was no evidence of bias on the part of the university's appeal committee. It held that the committee had the jurisdiction to dismiss a complaint as frivolous, vexatious, misconceived or lacking in substance, and that this was an appropriate exercise of that jurisdiction in this case. The court also found that there was no error in the admission or exclusion of evidence, and that there was no evidence to support Paramasivam's allegations of bias. As a result, the appeal was dismissed.