Shaw v Police Integrity Commission [2005] NSWSC 782

Reported Decision : 155 A Crim R 345

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Shaw v Police Integrity Commission [2005] NSWSC 782

HEARING DATE(S) : 09/05/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 3 August 2005

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq

DECISION : Part of proposed report of first defendant beyond its proper scope.

CATCHWORDS : CONSTITUTIONAL LAW [150]- Permanent commissions of inquiry- Police Integrity Commission- Scope of powers- Legislation focused on the investigation of police misconduct- Whether investigation of police misconduct is on foot- Whether evidence before Commission includes evidence of conduct of people who are not police- Whether Commission empowered to form opinions and make assessments about police and other misconduct- Whether Commission required to report to Parliament on matters before Commission- Whether Commission authorised to report on conduct of non-police parties unconnected with police misconduct. WORDS & PHRASES- "Affected person"- "Other misconduct"- "Police misconduct".

Imperial Acts Application Act 1969, s 6 Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988, ss 12, 20 Interpretation Act 1987, s 33 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39 LEGISLATION CITED : Police Integrity Commission Act 1996 (Principal Sections) ss 16, 96, 97, 130 Police Integrity Commission Act 1996, ss 3, 5, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 32, 77, 82, 83, 107, 131 Imperial Statutes: 42 Ed III ch 3 16 Car 1 Ch 10

Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 Attorney General for Quebec v Attorney General for Canada [1979] 1 SCR 218 (Can) Balog v Independent Commission Against Corruption (1990) 169 CLR 625 Bethel v Douglas [1995] 1 WLR 794 Chairperson Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission v Commonwealth Ombudsman (1995) 63 FCR 163 Clough v Leahy (1904) 2 CLR 139 Cock v Attorney General (1909) 28 NZLR 405 Ex parte Brady; Re Oram (1935) 52 WN (NSW) 109 CASES CITED : Ex parte Walker (1924) 24 SR (NSW) 604 Kable v DPP (1996) 189 CLR 51 Laxton v Laxton [1962] 1 WLR 729 Mahon v Air New Zealand [1984] AC 808 McGuinness v Attorney General (Vic) (1940) 63 CLR 73 Prevato v Governor, Metropolitan Remand Centre (1986) 8 FCR 358 Smith v NSW Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 256 Stanton v Abernathy (1990) 19 NSWLR 656 Victoria v Australian Building Construction Employees & Builders Labourers Federation (1982) 152 CLR 25