NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : McGuirk v NSW Ombudsman [2007] NSWSC 1286
HEARING DATE(S) : 2 July 2007, 26 July 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 13 November 2007
JURISDICTION : Supreme Court
JUDGMENT OF : Rothman J
(i) The proceedings be dismissed;
DECISION : (ii) To the extent necessary, leave to commence or continue these proceedings against NSW Ombudsman be refused;
(iii) The plaintiff shall pay the costs of the defendant of and incidental to these proceedings, as agreed or assessed.
CATCHWORDS : ADMINISTRATICE LAW – mandamus – duty of Ombudsman to report – duty to conclude investigation – privative clause – locus standi – insufficient interest to initiate or continue proceedings – no interest greater than public – summary judgment – proceedings dismissed.
Ombudsman Act 1974 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Protected Disclosures Act 1994 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1971 (NSW)
AIMPE v Secretary, Department of Transport (1986) 13 FCR 124 Australian Conservation Foundation v Commonwealth (1980) 146 CLR 493 Cameron v HREOC (1993) 46 FCR 509 Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427 ECAJ v Scully (1998) 79 FCR 537 CASES CITED : Electrolux v AWU (2004) 221 CLR 309 Onus v Alcoa (1981) 149 CLR 27 P.S.A v F.C.U (1991) 173 CLR 132 Project Blue Sky v ABA (1998) 194 CLR 355 Saraswati v R (1991) 172 CLR 1 Tooheys Ltd v Minster for Business and Consumer Affairs (1981) 54 FLR 421
PARTIES : Plaintiff: Gerard Michael McGUIRK Defendant: NSW OMBUDSMAN
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