Dinh v Commissioner of Corrective Services & Anor [2000] NSWSC 969

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Dinh v Commissioner of Corrective Services & Anor [2000] NSWSC 969 revised - 23/08/2001 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Administrative Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 30052/00 11/10/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 12/10/2000 16/10/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 October 2000

Duy Thai David Dinh (Pl/Appl) PARTIES : Commissioner of Corrective Services (1Def/Resp) Governor of the Metropolitan Remand & Reception Centre (2Def/Resp) JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J

COUNSEL : R Hoenig (Pl/Appl) N E Abadee (Defs/Resps) SOLICITORS : D J Humphreys - LAC (Pl/Appl) I V Knight - Crown Sol (Defs/Resps) CATCHWORDS : Summons seeking Declaration that designation of prisoner by the Commissioner was an improper exercise of power - Relevant and irrelevant considerations - Whether decision unreasonable LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Administration of Sentences) (Correctional Centre Routine) Regulation 1995 (NSW) Prisons (General) Amendment (Designation of High Security Inmates) Regulation 1999 (NSW) Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Limited (1985-86) 162 CLR 24 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Limited v Wednesbury Corporation (1948) 1 KB 223 Re W (an Infant) [1971] AC 682 CASES CITED : Parramatta City Council v Pestell (1972) 128 CLR 305 Bruce v Cole (1998) 45 NSWLR 163 Buck v Bavone (1976) 135 CLR 110 Minister for Immigration v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 DECISION : Summons dismissed with costs.