Dasari v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (No 2) [2024] NSWCATAD 101

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dasari v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (No 2) [2024] NSWCATAD 101 Hearing dates: 31 January 2024 Date of orders: 15 April 2024 Decision date: 15 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: M Riordan, Senior Member Decision: (1) I dispense with a hearing under s 50 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW). (2) The application for non-publication orders is refused. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – administrative review – Government information – whether the Tribunal should exercise a discretion to make non-publication orders that were not sought prior to the determination of the application for administrative review Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW) Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Carroll v Tokdogan [2015] NSWCATAD 200 DLH v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCATAD 92 Howard v Department of Communities and Justice -Housing (No. 2) [2023] NSWCATAD 185 John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd v Local Court of New South Wales (1987) 26 NSWLR 131 Ritson v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAP 223 Ritson v Commissioner of Police (No 2) [2022] NSWCATAD 89 Sethi v New South Wales Crime Commission [2024] NSWCATAD 21 State of New South Wales (Justice Health) v Dezfouli [2008] NSWADTAP 69 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Dr Lavanya Dasari (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (Self-Represented) Sparke Helmore (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00336852 Publication restriction: Nil