SQ v Department of Attorney General and Justice (GD) [2011] NSWADTAP 55

Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: SQ v Department of Attorney General and Justice (GD) [2011] NSWADTAP 55 Hearing dates: 13 September 2011 Decision date: 05 December 2011 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel - Internal Before: Judge K P O'Connor, President S Montgomery, Judicial Member J Schwager, Non-judicial Member Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: PRIVACY - Oral disclosure by agency officer - Tribunal ruled agency not bound - Appeal - No error - Information not "held" by agency - Appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Conveyancing Act 1919 Powers of Attorney Act 2003 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Cases Cited: Vice-Chancellor, Macquarie University v FM (FM) [2005] NSWCA 192 White Constructions (ACT) P/L v White & ors at [2005] NSWCA 173 Category: Principal judgment Parties: SQ (Appellant) Department of Attorney General and Justice (Respondent) Privacy Commissioner (Statutory Intervener) Representation: COUNSEL T Howard (Appellant) Mallik Rees Lawyers (Appellant) J Lucy, Crown Solicitor's Office (Respondent) J McAteer, Office of the Privacy Commissioner NSW File Number(s): 119027 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9108 Citation: SQ v Department of Justice and Attorney General [2011] NSWADT 266 Date of Decision: 2011-05-24 00:00:00 Before: General Division File Number(s): 103004