Caska v The Director General of the New South Wales Department of Transport [2001] NSWSC 205

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Caska v The Director General of the New South Wales Department of Transport [2001] NSWSC 205 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 30026/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 5/03/01, 6/03/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 March 2001

PARTIES : Michael Ferdinand Caska - Plaintiff The Director General of the New South Wales Department of Transport - Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT Z2965 219/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Mr V D Kearney JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Plaintiff in person Mr M W Hadley - Defendant SOLICITORS : Corrs Chambers Westgarth - Defendant CATCHWORDS : Order- the nature of certiorari - Supreme Court Act 1970, s 69 - Passenger Transport Act 1990, ss 11,12,14,52,53 - suspension and cancellation of authority - appeal to Local Court - allegation of indecency - no error in law - no denial of natural justice - no evidence of bias - summons dismissed. LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 Passenger Transport Act 1990 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 CASES CITED : Azzopardi v Tasman UERB Industries Limited (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 at 155 New Broadcasting Limited v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (1987) 73 ALR 420 Ziems v Prothonotary of Supreme Court of NSW (1957) 97 CLR 279 Re Davis (1947) 75 CLR 409 DECISION : Summons dismissed with costs.

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