Law Society of New South Wales v General Manager, Workcover Authority of New South Wales (GD) [2004] NSWADTAP 40

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CITATION: Law Society of New South Wales v General Manager, Workcover Authority of New South Wales (GD) [2004] NSWADTAP 40 APPELLANT PARTIES: Law Society of New South Wales RESPONDENT General Manager, Workcover Authority of New South Wales FILE NUMBER: 049005 HEARING DATES: 27/04/2004 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 04/27/2004 DATE OF DECISION: 09/09/2004

Law Society of New South Wales v General Manager, Workcover Authority [2004] NSWADT 4 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Needham J - Judicial Member; Blake C - Non Judicial Member CATCHWORDS: fail to apply principle correctly to the facts - fail to exercise jurisdiction - no evidence MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 033135 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 01/12/2004 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Freedom of Information Act 1989 LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987 Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Costs) Regulation 2001 Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1995 Attorney General (NT) v Kearney (1985) 158 CLR 500 Attorney-General (NT) v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475 Baker v Campbell (1983) 153 CLR 52 Balabel & Anor v Air India [1988] Ch 317 at 330; [1988] 2 All ER 246 Brandusoiu v Commissioner of Police [1999] NSWADTAP 8 Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic [1993] FCR 280 Commissioner, Australian Federal Police v Propend Finance Pty Ltd (1997) 188 CLR 501 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police v Mooney (No 3) (EOD) [2004] NSWADTAP 22 Daniels Corp International Pty. Limited v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2002] HCA 49; (2002) 213 CLR 543 DPP v Smith [1991] 1 VR 63 DSE (Holdings) Pty Ltd v InterTAN Inc (2003) 203 ALR 348 Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 201 CLR 49 Fagan v State of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 182 Kennedy v Wallace [2004] FCA 332 CASES CITED: Law Society of New South Wales v General Manager, Workcover Authority [2004] NSWADT 4 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 Minter v Priest [1930] AC 558 Neary v The Treasurer, New South Wales [2002] NSWADT 261 Nedelandse Reassurantie Groep Holding NV v Bacon & Woodrow & ors [1995] 2 Ll R 77 Nye v State of New South Wales & ors [2002] NSWSC 1267 O'Reilly v State Bank of Victoria (1983) 153 CLR 1 Packer v Dep Cmr Taxation [1985] 1 Qd R 275 Re Cole and the Department of Justice (1994) 8 VAR 132 Re Gill and Brisbane City Council [2001] QICmr 4 Re Hewitt & Queensland Law Society (1998) 4 QAR 328 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; ex p Applicant S20; A [2003] HCA 30 Re Price & Director of Public Prosecutions (1997) 4 QAR 157 Trade Practices Commission v Sterling (1979) 36 FLR 244 Waterford v Commonwealth of Australia (1987) 163 CLR 54 Wallace and Director of Public Prosecutions [2003] AATA 119 APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: J Griffiths SC and A Searle of counsel instructed by A Brown, Law Society of New South Wales RESPONDENT M Allars of counsel instructed by R Ellis, Crown Solicitor's Office ORDERS: 1. Appeal allowed; 2. Decision under appeal set aside; 3. Determination of the respondent set aside in so far as it relies on clause 10 to Schedule 1 (the legal professional privilege exemption); 4. Leave granted to extend appeal to the merits to review the remainder of the respondent's determination; 5. Respondent's application for costs of these proceedings adjourned.