NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 64 NSWLR 114
New South Wales Court of Appeal
The Ombudsman v Laughton [2005] NSWCA 339 CITATION: This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S): 30 September 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 30 September 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1 and 52; Handley JA at 28; Basten JA at 39
DECISION: 1. Appeal dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Particular persons and bodies - Ombudsman - Immunity of - Where applicant for position in Ombudsman's office appealed decision to appoint another person - Whether immunity extends to matters of internal administration - Ombudsman Act 1974, s32, s35A - Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal Act 1980, s20 - STATUTES - Interpretation - Maxim - Generalia specialibus non derogant - Discussion - Purposive Construction - Interpretation Act 1987, s33
Fire Brigades Act 1909-1956: s46 Freedom of Information Act 1989 Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal Act 1980: s20, s54 Interpretation Act 1987: s33 Law Reform (Vicarious Liability) Act 1983: s10 Ombudsman Act 1974: ss 32, 34, 35, 35A LEGISLATION CITED: Prisons Act 1952 Public Authorities Protection Act 1893 (UK) Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002: s 17; Sch 1; Sch 4, cl 2(b) Public Sector Management Act 1988 Supreme Court Act 1970: s69 Water Administration Act 1986: s 19(1)
Ainsworth v The Ombudsman (1988) 17 NSWLR 276 Board of Fire Commissioners (NSW) v Ardouin (1962) 109 CLR 105 Bradford Corporation v Myers [1916] 1 AC 242 Calvin v Carr [1979] 1 NSWLR 1 Clisdell v Commissioner of Police (1993) 31 NSWLR 555 Collector of Customs (NSW) v Brian Lawlor Automotive Pty Ltd (1979) 41 FLR 338 Cowell v Corrective Services Commission (1988) 14 NSWLR 714 Fitzgerald v Champneys (1861) 2 John & H 31; 70 ER 958 Institute of Patent Agents v Lockwood [1894] AC 347 CASES CITED: Maybury v Plowman (1913) 16 CLR 468 Minister of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Bhardwaj (2002) 209 CLR 597 Parisienne Basket Shoes Pty Ltd v Whyte (1938) 59 CLR 369 Puntoriero v Water Administration Ministerial Corporation (1999) 199 CLR 575 Purcell v Electricity Commission of New South Wales (1985) 59 ALJR 689 Ross v The Queen (1979) 141 CLR 432 Royal Automobile Club v Sydney City Council (1992) 27 NSWLR 282 The Ombudsman v Koopman (2003) 58 NSWLR 182 Vezitis v McGeechan [1974] 1 NSWLR 718
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