KT v Sydney South West Area Health Service (GD) [2010] NSWADTAP 60

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION: KT v Sydney South West Area Health Service (GD) [2010] NSWADTAP 60

APPELLANT KT PARTIES: RESPONDENT Sydney South West Area Health Service

FILE NUMBER: 109025, 109028, 109029

HEARING DATES: 19 July 2010

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 19 July 2010

DATE OF DECISION: 2 September 2010

BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Isenberg N - Judicial Member; LeBreton J - Non-Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: PRIVACY – Workplace doctor's letter of referral to complainant's general practitioner – Whether personal information disclosed without consent – Tribunal held no contravention – Appeal – Order as to costs – Appeal – Both appeals dismissed - PRIVACY – Request by complainant for access to witness statements connected with disciplinary investigation – Whether "excessive delay" in dealing with request – Tribunal held no contravention – Appeal dismissed – Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, s 14

DECISION UNDER APPEAL: Ex tempore - 12 February 2010 (file no 083367; AP file no 109025); KT v Sydney South West Area Health Service [2010] NSWADT 102 (file no 083367; AP file no 109029); KT v Sydney South West Area Health Services [2010] NSWADT 94 (file no 093096; AP file no 109028)

FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 083367, 093096

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Freedom of Information Act 1989 Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998

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