Ritson v Commissioner of Police (No 2) [2022] NSWCATAD 89

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ritson v Commissioner of Police (No 2) [2022] NSWCATAD 89 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) This application is heard and determined together with the agency's revocation application in application no. 2020/00141477. (2) The non-publication order made in this proceeding (2020/00178009) on 30 June 2020 is revoked. (3) The operation of order 2 is suspended until 28 March 2022. (4) Publication of this judgment, 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 – application under s 52(2) of the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 for an order requiring the agency to provide the applicant with an adequate statement of reasons for an administratively reviewable decision pursuant to section 49 of that Act 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 Mesiha v Murrell [2017] NSWCATAP 1 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): 2020/00178009 Publication restriction: Publication of this judgment, other than to the parties, is prohibited before 28 March 2022.