Ritson v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 88

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ritson v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 88 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 14 March 2022 Decision date: 14 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: P French, Senior Member Decision: (1) The non-publication order made in this proceeding (2020/00141477) on 30 June 2020 is revoked. (2) The operation of order 1 is suspended until 28 March 2022. (3) Publication of this judgement, other than to the parties, is prohibited before 28 March 2022 Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 – administrative review of a reviewable decision – administrative review of an internal review of conduct of the agency PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - application to revoke non-publication order – whether revocation order should be suspended to allow the applicant to consider his position Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021 Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 Federal Court Act 1976 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Cases Cited: Commissioner of Police (NSW) v Ritson [2020] FCCA 1803 Commissioner of Police (NSW) v Ritson (No. 2) [2020] FCCA 3035 Commissioner of Police (NSW) v Ritson (No.3) [2020] FCCA 3512 Commissioner of Police (NSW) v Ritson (No.4) [2021] FCCA 333 Commissioner of Police (NSW) v Ritson (No.5) [2021] FCCA 1835 [citations redacted] EJK v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2020] NSWCATOD 109 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2021] FCA 5 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2021] FCA 1315 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (No.2) [2021] FCA 93 Texts Cited: NCAT, Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Guideline, Occupational Division Guideline, Confidentiality, privacy and publication, August 2017 Daily Telegraph "Long arm of the lawsuit – Former cop & NSW Police at loggerheads in court", 22 September 2021, page 11 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Brendan Ritson (Applicant) Commissioner for Police (Respondent) Representation: Brendan Ritson (Self-represented) Crown Solicitor (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00141477 Publication restriction: Publication of this judgement, other than to the parties, is prohibited before 28 March 2022