Black v Hunter New England Health Service [2010] NSWSC 1252

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Black v Hunter New England Health Service [2010] NSWSC 1252

HEARING DATE(S) : 27 October 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 3 November 2010

JUDGMENT OF : R A Hulme J

DECISION : Proceedings are dismissed. Plaintiff to pay the first defendant's costs.

CATCHWORDS : ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - administrative tribunals - Administrative Decisions Tribunal (NSW) - no statutory right of appeal to Supreme Court in circumstances where the matter has not been determined by Appeal Panel - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - judicial review - whether review should be undertaken in light of balancing considerations contained in s 123 of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Freedom of Information Act 1989 Health Records and Infomation Privacy Act 2002 LEGISLATION CITED : Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Rules 1998 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Regulation 2009

Avery v State of New South Wales (Attorney General's Department) [2009] NSWSC 353 Ballam v Higgins (1986) 17 IR 131 Black v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2008] NSWADTAP 80 Black v Hunter New England Area Health Service [2008] NSWADT 301 Black v NSW Police Force [2008] NSWADT 177 CASES CITED : Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd v Magill & Anor (1993) 32 NSWLR 501 LB v Hunter New England Area Health Service (No 2) [2009] NSWADT 132 LB v Hunter New England Area Health Service [2010] NSWADT 82 Mishra v University of Technology, Sydney [1999] NSWSC 1324 NSW Breeding & Racing Stables Pty Ltd v Administrative Decisions Tribunal of New South Wales & ors [2001] NSWSC 494; 53 NSWLR 559 Sullivan v ADT [2000] NSWSC 386