N -v- Director General, Attorney General's Department (GD) [2002] NSWADTAP 41

Appeal Panel

CITATION: N -v- Director General, Attorney General's Department (GD) [2002] NSWADTAP 41 APPELLANT PARTIES: N RESPONDENT Director General, Attorney General's Department FILE NUMBER: 029012 HEARING DATES: 28/08/2002 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 08/28/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 12/06/2002

N (No 2) -v- Director General, Attorney General's Department [2002] NSWADT 33 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Britton A - Judicial Member; Bolt M - Member CATCHWORDS: adequacy of reasons - opportunity to be heard - statutory interpretation MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 013090 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 03/08/2002 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Freedom of Information Act 1989 LEGISLATION CITED : Interpretation Act 1987 Victims Compensation Act 1987 (R) Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996 N (No 2) v Director General, Attorney General's Department [2002] NSWADT 33 Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd v FCT (1976) 10 ALR 441 Douglas v Minister for Aboriginal Strait Islander Affairs (1994) 34 ALD 192 Huddart Parker & Co Pty Ltd v Moorehead (1909) 8 CLR 330 R v Trade Practices Tribunal; Ex parte Tasmanian Breweries Pty Ltd (1970) 123 CLR 361 CASES CITED: Russell v Duke of Norfolk [1949] 1 AER 109, 118 Absolon v NSW TAFE [1999] NSWCA 311 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Athens & Anor v Randwick City Council [2002] NWCA 83 Brandusoiu -v- Commissioner of Police [1999] NSWADTAP 8 Commissioner of Corrective Services v Aldridge (No. 2) [2002] NSWADTAP 6 APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: In person RESPONDENT N Sharp, barrister ORDERS: Appeal dismissed.