NSW Caselaw
Appeal Panel - Internal
CITATION: Crowther-Wilkinson v NSW Police Force [2009] NSWADTAP 49
APPELLANT Simon Crowther-Wilkinson PARTIES: RESPONDENT NSW Police Force
FILE NUMBER: 099011
HEARING DATES: 13 July 2009
SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 13 July 2009
DATE OF DECISION: 17 August 2009
BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Wilson R - Judicial Member; Fitzgerald R - Non-Judicial Member
CATCHWORDS: Freedom of Information - exempt document - law enforcement and public safety – 'confidential source of information' - relevance of truth or falsity of information - public interest immunity - override discretion - Freedom of Information Act 1989, cl 4(1)(b)
DECISION UNDER APPEAL: Crowther-Wilkinson v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2009] NSWADT 31
FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 083152
DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 02/12/2009
Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) Freedom of Information Act 1989
Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Limited [1993] HCA 15; (1993) 177 CLR 480 Beven and Centrelink [2008] AATA 144 D v National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children [1978] AC 171 Department of Health v Jephcott (1985) 8 FCR 85; 62 ALR 421; 9 ALD 35 DQ v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 215 Howell v Macquarie University [2008] NSWCA 26 IPART v Services Sydney [2008] NSWADTAP 79 Maskell v Centrelink (2004) 80 ALD 228; [2004] AATA 522 Mauger -v- General Manager, Wingecarribee Shire Council [1999] NSWADT 35 CASES CITED: McKenzie v Department of Social Security (1986) 65 ALR 645 Power and Secretary to the Department of Family and Community Services [2002] AATA 1302 R v Abdullah & Ors [1999] NSWCCA 188 Re Gold and Australian Federal Police [1994] AATA 382; (1994) 37 ALD 168 Re McEneiry and Medical Board of Queensland [1994] QICmr 2; [1994] 1 QAR 349 Re Richardson and Commissioner for Corporate Affairs (1987) 2 VAR 51 Simring v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2009] NSWSC 270 University of New South Wales v Gerard Michael McGuirk [2006] NSWSC 1362 WorkCover Authority (NSW) v Law Society of NSW (2006) 65 NSWLR 502 XZ v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2009] NSWADTAP 2
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