Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales and Director General, Department of Premier and Cabinet [2010] NSWIRComm 21

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION: Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales and Director General, Department of Premier and Cabinet [2010] NSWIRComm 21

PARTIES: Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales (Notifier/Respondent on the motion) Director General, Department of Premier and Cabinet (Respondent/Applicant on the motion)

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 591 of 2009

CORAM: Boland J President

CATCHWORDS: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Notice of motion seeking the setting aside of subpoena - Legitimate forensic purpose - Public interest immunity - Cabinet documents - Motion set aside on grounds of public interest immunity applying to Cabinet documents - Other document held to have legitimate forensic purpose.

LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Procedure Act 2005

Alister v R ("Hilton Bombing case") [1984] HCA 85; (1984) 154 CLR 404 Arhill Pty Ltd v General Terminal Co Pty Ltd (1990) 23 NSWLR 545 Attorney General (NSW) v Chidgey [2008] NSWCCA 65; (2008) 182 A Crim R 536 Carroll v Attorney-General (NSW) (1993) 70 A Crim R 162 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW [1982] HCA 24; (1982) 149 CLR 337 Commonwealth v Northern Land Council [1993] HCA 24; (1993) 176 CLR 604 CASES CITED: Conway v Rimmer [1968] AC 910 Egan v Chadwick [1999] NSWCA 176; (1999) 46 NSWLR 563 Lanyon Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [1974] HCA 11; (1974) 129 CLR 650 Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales and Director-General, Department of Premier and Cabinet [2009] NSWIRComm 131 Ryan (Receiver & Manager of Homfray Carpets Australia Pty Ltd) v Textile Clothing & Footwear Union Australia [1996] 2 VR 235 Sankey v Whitlam [1978] HCA 43; (1978) 142 CLR 1 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52; (2004) 219 CLR 165