Coppock v Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment [2020] NSWCATOD 89

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Coppock v Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment [2020] NSWCATOD 89 Hearing dates: Written submissions 22 May; 12, 19 June 2020 Date of orders: 3 August 2020 Decision date: 03 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: L Pearson, Principal Member Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 50(2) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 a hearing on the preliminary issue is dispensed with, (2) The appeal is listed for directions on 7 August 2020 at 9.30am. Catchwords: APPEAL – misconduct of local government councillor – disciplinary action by Departmental Chief Executive – preparation of departmental report Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Local Government Act 1993 Local Government Amendment (Councillor Misconduct and Poor Performance) Act 2015 Cases Cited: BHL19 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCAFC 94 CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd (1997) 187 CLR 384 Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2000) 203 CLR 194 Cornish v Secretary, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment [2019] NSWSC 1134 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118 Hindi v Chief Executive, Office of Local Government [2016] NSWCATOD 134 Meineke v Acting Chief Executive, Office of Local Government [2016] NSWCATOD 135 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW [2018] HCA 30 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Eden [2016] FCAFC 28 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18; (2013) 249 CLR 332 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh [2014] FCAFC 1; (2014) 231 FCR 437 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Stretton [2016] FCAFC 11 Pharmacy Council of NSW v Ibrahim [2020] NSWSC 708 Phillips v Director General, Department of Premier and Cabinet [2014] NSWCATOD 48 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 SZTAL v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 262 CLR 362; [2017] HCA 34 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Stuart Coppock (Applicant) Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Boncardo (Applicant) A H Edwards (Respondent)