Zidar v Department of Justice (No 2) [2018] NSWCATAD 214

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Zidar v Department of Justice (No 2) [2018] NSWCATAD 214 Hearing dates: 14 June 2018 Date of orders: 14 June 2018 Decision date: 14 June 2018 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: 1. Mr Zidar's application to use a recording device to record the hearing on 14 June 2018 is refused. 2. Mr Zidar's application for me to disqualify myself from conducting the hearing on 14 June 2018 is refused. 3. A non-publication order is made under section 64(1)(a) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 in the terms set out in the order dated 19 June 2018. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – application to use a recording device to record a case conference – application for disqualification - apprehended bias - non-publication order - a party has engaged in inappropriate conduct - use of social media. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Court Security Act 2005 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Cases Cited: Zidar v Department of Justice [2018] NSWCATAD 209 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Joe Zidar (Applicant) Department of Justice (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Birch (Respondent)

Solicitors: J Zidar (Applicant in person) Crown Solicitor's Office (Respondent) File Number(s): 2018/00008174 Publication restriction: 1. The Applicant is prohibited from disclosing, except for the purposes of preparing for and/or participating in the proceedings:(a). The names of the persons identified in the orders that I made at the hearing on 14 June 2018 and included in the hard copy of those orders signed by me on 19 June 2018;and/or(b). Any information which otherwise allows the identity of the persons described in Order 1(a) of these orders to be ascertained in connection with their role in the subject matter of the proceedings. 2. Order 1 takes effect from 19 June 2018 and remains in force until the final determination of the matter or until further order of the Tribunal. Section 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 applies to the paragraph of these reasons identified as [Not for publication]