Lonsdale v University of Sydney [2015] NSWCATAP 277

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lonsdale v University of Sydney [2015] NSWCATAP 277 Hearing dates: 10 November 2015 Date of orders: 21 December 2015 Decision date: 21 December 2015 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: A/Judge K O'Connor AM, Deputy President, Appeals Dr J Lucy, Senior Member Decision: Leave to appeal is refused. Catchwords: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) – Review applicant's application for summonses to be issued – Refused by Tribunal – Interlocutory appeal – issuance of summonses in GIPA matters – considerations – decision not arguably wrong – leave refused. Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Government Information (Information Commissioner) Act 2009 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 Cases Cited: Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Commissioner of Railways v Small (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 564 Harmony Shipping Co SA v Saudi Europe Line Ltd [1979] 1 WLR 1380 R v Saleam (1989) 16 NSWLR 14 White v Carlton Tow Bars Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 36 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Tom Lonsdale (Appellant) The University of Sydney (Respondent) Representation: In person (Appellant)

Counsel: B Tronson (Respondent) Solicitor: Heesom Legal (Respondent) File Number(s): 15/55753 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Citation: Ex tempore Date of Decision: 14 September 2015 Before: J McAteer, Senior Member File Number(s): 1510239