Re referral by Executive Director, Local Government, under s 440J of the Local Government Act 1993, concerning Mr Funnell, a former Councillor [2023] NSWCATOD 17

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Re referral by Executive Director, Local Government, under s 440J of the Local Government Act 1993, concerning Mr Funnell, a former Councillor [2023] NSWCATOD 17 Hearing dates: 31 January 2023 Date of orders: 17 February 2023 Decision date: 17 February 2023 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: Cole, DCJ, Deputy President Decision: (1) The Tribunal determines that it will conduct proceedings into this matter. (2) The matter is listed for a directions hearing on Tuesday 7 March 2023 at 9:30am. Catchwords: LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Councillors — referral of alleged misconduct of a Councillor under the Local Government Act 1993 Legislation Cited: Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) Cases Cited: R v Riley, Christopher [2020] NSWCCA 283 Ishak Cicek and anor. v The Estate of the late Mark Solomon and ors (No 3) [2013] NSWSC 1492 R v Warwick (No 80) [2020] NSWSC 115 In Re referral by Executive Director, Local Government, under s 440J of the Local Government Act 1993, concerning Mr Hindi, a former Councillor [2022] NSWCATOD 152 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Executive Director, Local Government under delegation from the Secretary, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (Applicant)

Paul Funnell (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Cobb-Clark (Applicant)

Solicitors: Office of Local Government (Applicant) Barron Law (Respondent) File Number(s): 2022/00259417 Publication restriction: Nil