Commissioner of Police v Robbs (No 2) [2022] NSWIRComm 1039

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Commissioner of Police v Robbs (No 2) [2022] NSWIRComm 1039 Hearing dates: 15 June 2021 Date of orders: 6 June 2022 Decision date: 06 June 2022 Jurisdiction: Industrial Relations Commission Before: Chief Commissioner Constant, Commissioner Sloan and Commissioner Webster Decision: 2020/323978 - Leave to appeal granted & appeal upheld in part – The Commission's Disciplinary Orders made on 30 October 2020 are upheld except that Order 4 is varied such that Orders 1, 2 and 3 take effect 28 days from the date of this decision. 2020/336473 – Leave to appeal refused. Catchwords: EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL LAW – Industrial Relations Commission – Appeals – powers of Commission to order disciplinary transfer under Pt 9 Div 1A of the Police Act 1990 – whether evidence of vacancy required – whether decision at first instance had the effect of creating a position – whether disciplinary outcome imposed by decision at first instance proportionate to misconduct – whether Commissioner at first instance considered "public interest" – whether Commissioner erred in failing to make non-publication order under s 164A of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010, s 8 Industrial Relations Act 1996, Pt 6 of Chap 2, ss 89, 154, 164A, 187, 188, 191 Police Act 1990, Pt 6, Pt 9, ss 8, 10, 63, 65, 66, 66A, 69, 173, 174, 175, 177 and Sch 1 Cases Cited: A (a pseudonym) v Commissioner of Police [2019] NSWIRComm 1091 Akron Securities Ltd v Iliffe (1997) 41 NSWLR 353 Big W Discount Stores v Donato [1995] 58 IR 239 Blatch v Archer (1774) 98 ER 969 BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster [2019] HCA 45; 94 ALJR 51 Commissioner of Police v Evans [2006] NSWIRComm 170 Commissioner of Police v Eaton (2013) 252 CLR 1 Commissioner of Police v Robbs [2021] NSWIRComm 1017 Director General, New South Wales Department of Health v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (2010) 77 NSWLR 159 Godkin v Commissioner of Police [2007] NSWIRComm 202 Harry Day v John Smidmore and others (No.2) [2005] NSWIRComm 406 Hosemans v Commissioner of Police (No.4) [2005] NSWIRComm 409 King v State Bank of New South Wales (No 2) [2002] NSWIRComm 353 Knowles v Anglican Church Property Trust (No.2) (1999) 95 IR 380 Mitchell v The Queen (1996) 184 CLR 333 Osland v Secretary, Department of Justice (2008) 234 CLR 275 O'Sullivan v Farrer (1989) 168 CLR 210 Parramatta City Council v Pestell (1972) 128 CLR 305 Patty v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2002] FCA 111 Police Association of New South Wales v State of New South Wales [2020] NSWCA 3 Robbs v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWIRComm 1074 Russo v Aiello (2003) 215 CLR 643 Singh v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 184; 266 FCR 459 Vella v Commissioner of Police (NSW) [2019] HCA 38; 93 ALJR 1236 X v Department of Justice and Attorney General [2011] NSWIRComm 1010 X v NSW Department of Education and Training [1999] NSWIRComm 34 Zopf v Industrial Relations Secretary on behalf of the Department of Customer Service [2020] NSWIRComm 1012 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Commissioner of Police (appellant) Troy Robbs (respondent) Representation: Counsel: Y Shariff SC with M Seck (appellant) P Tierney (respondent)