Duncan v Independent Commission Against Corruption [2015] HCA 32

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

FRENCH CJ, KIEFEL, BELL, GAGELER, KEANE, NETTLE AND GORDON JJ

TRAVERS WILLIAM DUNCAN APPLICANT

AND

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION RESPONDENT

Duncan v Independent Commission Against Corruption [2015] HCA 32 9 September 2015 S101/2015

ORDER

1. So much of proceeding number 2014/239426 as was pending in the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales as concerns grounds 1A, 1B and 1D and prayers 1, 2 and 4 of the Further Amended Draft Notice of Appeal dated 14 May 2015 be dismissed.

2. The applicant pay the respondent's costs of the proceedings in this Court.

Representation

N C Hutley SC with G E S Ng for the applicant (instructed by Yeldham Price O'Brien Lusk Lawyers)

B W Walker SC with G M Watson SC, S J Free and Z C Heger for the respondent (instructed by Crown Solicitor (NSW))

Interveners

M G Sexton SC, Solicitor-General for the State of New South Wales with A M Mitchelmore for the Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales, intervening (instructed by Crown Solicitor (NSW))

M G Hinton QC, Solicitor-General for the State of South Australia with A D Doecke for the Attorney-General for the State of South Australia, intervening (instructed by Crown Solicitor (SA))

G R Donaldson SC, Solicitor-General for the State of Western Australia with R Young for the Attorney-General for the State of Western Australia, intervening (instructed by State Solicitor (WA))

P J Dunning SC, Solicitor-General of the State of Queensland with F J Nagorcka for the Attorney-General of the State of Queensland, intervening (instructed by Crown Solicitor (Qld))

R M Niall QC, Solicitor-General for the State of Victoria with G A Hill for the Attorney-General for the State of Victoria, intervening (instructed by Victorian Government Solicitor)

Notice: This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.