Horner v West and ors (EOD) [2008] NSWADTAP 3

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION: Horner v West and ors (EOD) [2008] NSWADTAP 3

APPELLANT Paul Horner

FIRST RESPONDENT Paul West

SECOND RESPONDENT William Middleton

THIRD RESPONDENT Darren Toomey

FOURTH RESPONDENT Anthony Towney PARTIES: FIFTH RESPONDENT Gillian Edge

SIXTH RESPONDENT Harry Cutmore

SEVENTH RESPONDENT Douglas Hall

EIGHTH RESPONDENT Jacqueline Kennedy

NINTH RESPONDENT Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police

FILE NUMBER: 079063

HEARING DATES: 15 November 2007

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 15 November 2007

DATE OF DECISION: 24 January 2008

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President)

MATTER FOR DECISION: Preliminary matter

DECISION UNDER APPEAL: West and ors v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police [2007] NSWADT 240

FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 071017

DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 10/05/2007

LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997

Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Limited v Philip Morris Inc [1981] HCA 39; (1981) 148 CLR 170 Bignell v New South Wales Casino Control Authority (EOD) [2001] NSWADTAP 41 Coulter v R [1988] HCA 3; (1988) 164 CLR 350 Décor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc [1991] FCA 655; (1991) 33 FCR 397 CASES CITED: Dixon v RNJ Sicame Pty Ltd and Anor [2002] NSWADT 154 Hanratty v Kempsey Shire Council [2002] NSWADT 232 Italiano v Carbone [2005] NSWCA 177 (unreported, 2 June 2005) Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd v Esso Australia Co-op Co Ltd [1990] VR 355 at 364 Kioa v West [1985] HCA 81; (1985) 159 CLR 550 Spence v Roberts [2006] NSWADT 105