Choi v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2020] NSWCATAP 211

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Choi v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2020] NSWCATAP 211 Hearing dates: 18 September 2020 Date of orders: 15 October 2020 Decision date: 15 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: Hennessy ADCJ, Deputy President J Londsdale, Senior Member Decision: 1. Leave is refused for Ms Choi to appeal on grounds other than questions of law. 2. The applications to extend time to appeal from interlocutory decisions made on 15 August 2019 and 11 September 2019 are refused. 3. The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: APPEAL – administrative law – freedom of information STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) meaning of s 4 (definition of 'government information') – meaning of 75(1), meaning of s 112, meaning of s 53(1) Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulation 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Privacy and Personal Information Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v Camilleri [2012] NSWADTAP 19 Davison v NSW Department of Education and Training [2013] NSWADT 25 Lonsdale v University of Sydney [2015] NSWCATAP 277 Shepherd v Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning (1994) 1QAR 464 Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 173 ZEJ v ZEL [2018] NSWCATAP 252 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jae Hee Choi (Appellant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Sapienza (Respondent)