Turnbull v Strange [2018] NSWCA 157

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Turnbull v Strange [2018] NSWCA 157 Hearing dates: 25 June 2018 Date of orders: 25 June 2018 Decision date: 20 July 2018 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Meagher JA at [23]; Emmett AJA at [29] Decision: 1. Grant the applicants leave to appeal. 2. Direct the applicants to file within seven days the draft notice of appeal contained in the White Folder. 3. Dismiss the appeal. 4. Order that the applicants pay the respondent's costs in this Court. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — subpoenas — application to set aside – whether subpoena requiring public sector agency to disclose personal information should be set aside – Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW), ss 18, 23(6)

HUMAN RIGHTS – legislation – Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) – meaning of "personal information" – whether recorded conversations "information… about an individual"

HUMAN RIGHTS – legislation – Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) – whether subpoena should be set aside on basis that it required disclosure of personal information by public sector agency

WORDS AND PHRASES – "information or an opinion… about an individual" – Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW), s 4 Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), s 37A Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW), ss 4, 6, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25; Div 1, Div 3, Pt 2 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 33.2 Cases Cited: Pi v State of New South Wales (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 1410 Privacy Commissioner v Telstra Corporation Ltd (2017) 249 FCR 24; [2017] FCAFC 4 Taciak v Commissioner of Australian Federal Police (1995) 59 FCR 285 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Robeena June Turnbull and Grant Wesley Turnbull as executors for the Estate of the Late Robert Turnbull (First Applicant) Robeena June Turnbull (Second Applicant) Robert John Strange (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Alexis SC/D J A Mackay (Applicants) L Judd (Respondent)