Southcott v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWIRComm 1075

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Southcott v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWIRComm 1075 Hearing dates: 24 July 2023 Date of orders: 24 July 2023 Decision date: 24 July 2023 Jurisdiction: Industrial Relations Commission Before: Commissioner Webster Decision: The application in 2022/113853 is dismissed. Catchwords: EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL LAW – Police -removal – Vaccination – Lawful Direction – Direction does not need to be reasonable – applicant has not discharged onus – misconduct – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) Police Act 1990 (NSW) ss 4, 6, 13, 14, 181D, 181E, 181F, 181H, 201 Police Regulation 2015 (NSW) cl 8 Cases Cited: Amoco Oil Co. v Parpada Shipping Co. Ltd (The "George S.") [1989] 1 Lloyd's Law Reports 369 Benic v State of New South Wales [2010] NSWSC 1039 Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force v Zisopoulos [2020] NSWCA 236 Denshire v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2023] NSWIRComm 1048 Falconer v Commissioner of Police (No 4) [2022] WASC 271 Roberts v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2023] NSWIRComm 1039 Starr v Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWIRComm 226 State of New South Wales v Fahy (2007) 232 CLR 486 Storey v Commissioner of New South Wales Police Force (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1429 Tredinnick v Commissioner of Police [2016] NSWIRComm 14 Welch v Commissioner of Police [2023] NSWIRComm 1002 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mark Southcott (applicant) Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Watts (respondent)