Director General, Attorney General's Department v Cianfrano (GD) [2006] NSWADTAP 26

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION: Director General, Attorney General's Department v Cianfrano (GD) [2006] NSWADTAP 26 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the decision for a list of the amendments.

APPELLANT PARTIES: Director General, Attorney General's Department RESPONDENT Robert Cianfrano

FILE NUMBER: 069006

HEARING DATES: 14/03/06

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 03/14/2006

DATE OF DECISION: 05/18/2006

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Handley R - Judicial Member; Blake C - Non Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: fail to apply principle correctly to the facts

MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter

FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 053049

DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 12/20/2005

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) Freedom of Information Act 1989

Bennett v Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Customs Service [2003] FCA 53 Charteris v General Manager, Leichhardt Municipal Council [2001] NSWADTAP 12 Cianfrano v Director General, Department of Commerce and anor [2005] NSWADT 282 Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 201 CLR 49 CASES CITED: Meteyard v Love [2005] NSWCA 444 Nickmar Pty Ltd v Preserveatrice Skandia Insurance Ltd (1985) 3 NSWLR 44 Pratt Holdings Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2004) 136 FCR 357 Westpac Banking Corporation v 789Ten Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 321 Wheeler v Marchant (1881) 17 Ch D 675