Walden and Toni -v- General Manager, Leichhardt Municipal Council [2001] NSWADT 81

Set aside by Appeal : Set aside by appeal on 13/11/2001

CITATION: Walden and Toni -v- General Manager, Leichhardt Municipal Council [2001] NSWADT 81 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANTS Kim Baiba Walden PARTIES: Paul David Toni RESPONDENT General Manager, Leichhardt Municipal Council FILE NUMBER: 003335 HEARING DATES: 16/03/2001 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 03/16/2001 DATE OF DECISION: 05/21/2001

BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President) at 1 APPLICATION: access to documents - legal professional privilege - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - legal professional privilege MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED : Freedom of Information Act 1989 Local Government Act 1993 Local Government Amendment (Meetings) Act 1998 Charteris v General Manager, Leichhardt Municipal Council [2000] NSWADT 81 Charteris v General Manager, Leichhardt Municipal Council [2001] NSWADTAP 12 Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [1999] HCA 67 (1999) CLR Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674 CASES CITED: Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 [1999] HCA 66 Goldberg v Ng (1995) 185 CLR 83 Attorney General (NT) v Maurice (1986) 161 CLR 475 Mangoplah Pastoral Co P/L v Great Southern Energy [1999] NSWADT 93 SAS Trustee Corporation v Daykin [2000] NSWADTAP 20 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: A Chalk, solicitor RESPONDENT C Ronalds, barrister ORDERS: 1 Decision under review set aside; 2 Documents in dispute to be released after 28 days