Warren v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2014] NSWCATAP 20

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Warren v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2014] NSWCATAP 20 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 20 May 2014 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: Acting Judge K P O'Connor, AM, Deputy President Mr Peter Molony, Senior Member Mr Michael von Kolpakow, General Member Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW -Access to Government Information - Application for review of agency decisions relating to two separate documents - Tribunal set aside agency decisions, and remitted the application, with findings allowing a greater degree of disclosure of each of the two documents - Applicant dissatisfied - Appeal - Extent of Tribunal's examination of relevant considerations favouring disclosure - Adequacy of reasons - Appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Cases Cited: Assadourian v Roads and Maritime Services (GD) [2013] NSWADTAP 46 Cain v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2014] NSWCA 28 Commissioner, NSW Police Force v Camilleri [2012] NSWADTAP 19 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Damian Warren (Appellant) NSW Trustee and Guardian (Respondent) Representation: In person (Appellant) H Stenning, Crown Solicitor's Office (Respondent) File Number(s): 139031 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Citation: Warren v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2013] NSWADT 178 Date of Decision: 2013-08-07 00:00:00 Before: Higgins DP File Number(s): 123211