Mangleson v Roads and Traffic Authority [2005] NSWADT 269

CITATION: Mangleson v Roads and Traffic Authority [2005] NSWADT 269 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT PARTIES: James Harry Mangleson RESPONDENT Roads and Traffic Authority FILE NUMBER: 053190 HEARING DATES: On the papers SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 10/28/2005 DATE OF DECISION: 11/25/2005

BEFORE: Higgins S - Judicial Member APPLICATION: access to documents - law enforcement & public safety - access to documents - personal affairs - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - law enforcement & public safety - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - personal affairs MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Freedom of Information Act 1989 Commissioner of Police v District Court of New South Wales (1993) 31 NSWLR 606 CASES CITED: Electoral Commissioner, State Electoral Office v McCabe (GD) [2003] NSWADTAP 28 Gilling v General Manager, Hawkesbury City Council [1999] NSWADT 43 Thompson Ardill v Lord Howe Island Board [2003] NSWADT 193 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: In person RESPONDENT C Ludlow, solicitor ORDERS: The Tribunal orders that the decision of the RTA to refuse the applicant access to the names and addresses of the persons named in the documents the subject of this application is set aside. In substitution thereof a decision that:; (a) the names of those persons on the list of attendees at the meeting on 11 May 1999 and who are the authors of the documents at attachment "A" and "E" of Mr Youngman's statement are exempt; and; (b) within 28 days, the applicant be granted access to the whole of the letters dated 26 and 27 May 1999 and a copy of the list of attendees at the meeting on 11 May 1999 with the names of the persons mentioned in(a) above being deleted.