NSW Caselaw
Appeal Panel - Internal
CITATION: Johnston v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (GD) [2008] NSWADTAP 82
APPELLANT Shirley Johnston PARTIES: RESPONDENT Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force
FILE NUMBER: 089055
HEARING DATES: 21 November 2008
SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 21 November 2008
DATE OF DECISION: 16 December 2008
BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Montgomery S - Judicial Member; Bolt M - Non-Judicial Member
CATCHWORDS: Freedom of Information - exemption - prejudice the effectiveness of a lawful method for detecting contravention of law - evidence - agency onus - procedural fairness - application for summons - no error - Freedom of Information Act 1989, Sch 1, cl 4(1)(e)
DECISION UNDER APPEAL: Johnston v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2008] NSWADT 191
FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 073228
DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 07/07/2008
LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Freedom of Information Act 1989
IPART v Services Sydney [2008] NSWADTAP 79 Johnston v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2008] NSWADT 191 CASES CITED: Johnston v Department of Education and Training [2007] NSWADTAP 53 McKinnon v Secretary, Department of Treasury (2006) 228 CLR 423 University of New South Wales v McGuirk [2006] NSWSC 1362
APPELLANT P Johnston, agent REPRESENTATION: RESPONDENT K Mattes, Crown Solicitor's Office
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