Commissioner of Police for New South Wales v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales & Raymond Sewell [2009] NSWCA 198

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Commissioner of Police for New South Wales v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales & Raymond Sewell [2009] NSWCA 198

HEARING DATE(S): 12 June 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 15 July 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Macfarlan JA at 86; Young JA at 87

DECISION: Summons dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS: INDUSTRIAL LAW – whether privative provision applies to review of Police Commissioner's removal order under Police Act 1990 (NSW) - STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – privative clause – purposive interpretation – context of provisions – clear statement principle – whether s 179 of Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) applies to a review under Div 1C of Pt 9 of Police Act 1990 (NSW) – Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) s 179 – Police Act 1990 (NSW) ss 181D(7A), 181G - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Hickman principle – whether decisions of Industrial Relations Commission and Full Bench violated Hickman principle – whether alleged errors, individually or cumulatively, meant decisions not reasonably capable of reference to Commission's power or breached inviolable limitations or restraints on Commission's jurisdiction or constituted failure to observe condition essential to valid action - POLICE – review of Police Commissioner's removal order – role of integrity – importance of Commissioner losing confidence in officer – Police Act 1990 (NSW) ss 7(a), 181D, 181E, 181F - WORDS AND PHRASES – "have regard to" – "integrity"

Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED: Police Act 1990 Supreme Court Act 1970

Baxter v New South Wales Clickers' Association (1909) 10 CLR 114 Craig v South Australia (1994–1995) 184 CLR 103 Evans v Marmont (1997) 42 NSWLR 70 Magrath v Goldsborough, Mort and Company Limited (1932) 47 CLR 121 Mitchforce Pty Ltd v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales [2003] NSWCA 151; (2003) 57 NSWLR 212 O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd (1990–1991) 171 CLR 232 Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth [2003] HCA 2; (2003) 211 CLR 476 CASES CITED: Police Service Board v Morris (1984–1985) 156 CLR 397 R v Fell (1831) B & C 380; 109 ER 828 R v Hickman; Ex parte Fox and Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598 R v Hunt; Ex parte Sean Investments Pty Ltd (1979) 180 CLR 322 R v Justices of West Riding of Yorkshire (1834) 1 Ad & E 563; 110 ER 1322 R v Murray; Ex parte Proctor (1949) 77 CLR 387 R v Toohey; Ex parte Meneling Station Pty Ltd (1982) 158 CLR 327 Roy Morgan Research Centre Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue of the State of Victoria [2001] HCA 9; (2001) 207 CLR 72 Zhang v Canterbury City Council [2001] NSWCA 167; (2001) 51 NSWLR 589