Robinson v Commissioner of Police [2014] NSWCATAP 73

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Robinson v Commissioner of Police [2014] NSWCATAP 73 Hearing dates: 11 September 2014, 9 October 2014, 27 October 2014 Decision date: 29 October 2014 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: Acting Judge K P O'Connor, AM, Deputy President Mr Peter Molony, Senior Member Decision: 1. Leave given to extend the appeal to other grounds, namely the adequacy of search issue. 2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) - Tribunal affirmed agency's decision in relation to refusal in part or whole of two documents - appeal dismissed - Tribunal affirmed agency's decision that no further documents held - found searches adequate - appeal - held error of law - agency evidence did not refer to the matters required to be addressed by Act - extension to merits ('other grounds') - further evidence provided by agency - appeal dismissed. Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, s 53. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Freedom of Information Act 1989 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Cases Cited: Beer v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2013] NSWADT 243 Camilleri v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2012] NSWADT 5 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Arthur Robinson (Appellant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: In person (A) C Zoppo (R) Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (R) File Number(s): AP 14/46399 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 150001 Citation: [2014] NSWCATAD 67 Date of Decision: 2014-05-19 00:00:00 Before: Nadia Isenberg, Senior Member File Number(s): 133308