LN v Sydney Local Health District (GD) [2012] NSWADTAP 9

Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: LN v Sydney Local Health District (GD) [2012] NSWADTAP 9 Hearing dates: 1 September 2011 Decision date: 23 February 2012 Before: Judge K P O'Connor, President C Huntsman, Judicial Member M Bolt, Non-judicial Member Decision: 1. Appeal allowed. 2. Leave granted to extend to the merits to the extent indicated in para [25] of these reasons. 3. Registrar to list matter for a directions hearing. Catchwords: HEALTH PRIVACY - Access Request - Whether Excessive Delay - Tribunal held not - Adequacy of Reasons - Appeal allowed - Health Privacy Principle 7 Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Freedom of Information Act 1989 Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Cases Cited: Battenberg v The Union Club [2005] NSWADTAP 20 Beale v Government Insurance Office (1997) 48 NSWLR 430 Breen v Williams (1996) 186 CLR 71 Pollard v RRR Corporation Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 110 Category: Principal judgment Parties: LN (Appellant) Sydney Local Health District (Respondent) Representation: Counsel A Britt (Respondent) In person (Appellant) GILD Insurance Litigation Pty Ltd (Respondent) File Number(s): 119010 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9108 Citation: LN v Sydney South West Area Health Service [2011] NSWADT 44 Date of Decision: 2011-03-03 00:00:00 Before: General Division File Number(s): 093024