Carroll v Police Medical Board & Ors [1999] NSWSC 914

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Carroll v Police Medical Board & Ors [1999] NSWSC 914 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Common Law Administrative Law List FILE NUMBER(S) : 30011/1991 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 September 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 September 1999

George James Carroll (Plaintiff) v Police Medical Board (First Defendant) PARTIES : Michael Gordon Pasfield (Second Defendant) John Morgan Orr (Third Defendant) Commissioner of Police (Fourth Defendant) SAS Trustee Corporation (Fifth Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Malpass

Mr J de Meyrick (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : N/A (Defendants 1 - 3) Mr G Willis (Fourth Defendant) Miss E Wilkins (Fifth Defendant) Taylor & Scott (Plaintiff) No appearance of First Defendant I V Knight - Crown Solicitor - Submitting SOLICITORS : appearance (Second and Third Defendants) MR F Hutchison - Manager Legal Services - NSW Police Service (Fourth Defendant) Mr B Matthews - SAS Trustee Corporation (Fifth Defendant) CATCHWORDS : administrative decision; presumption that it is lawful until set aside; discretion to make declaration. Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906, ACTS CITED : s 10B. Superannuation Administration Act 1987, s 4. Barnes v Commissioner of Police. Hoffman - La Roche & Co A G & Ors v Secretary of State for Trade & Industry (1975) AC 295. CASES CITED : R v Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (1987) QB 815). Smith v Police Medical Board. DECISION : See paragraphs 35-36.