Lipscombe v Blue Mountains City Council [2020] NSWCATAD 121

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lipscombe v Blue Mountains City Council [2020] NSWCATAD 121 Hearing dates: 3 April 2019; 5 August 2019; 28 October 2019; 16 December 2019 Date of orders: 04 May 2020 Decision date: 04 May 2020 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Government Information (Public Access) Act -– legal professional privilege – whether privilege waived Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Evidence Act 1995 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 Cases Cited: Attorney General (NT) v Maurice and Others (1986) 161 CLR CHU Underwriting Pty Ltd v Hunter Water Corporation [2018] NSWCATAD 273 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 Mannix v Department of Education and Communities [2014] NSWCATAD 35 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mark Lipscombe (Applicant) Blue Mountains City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Singleton (Respondent)

Solicitors: Applicant (Self Represented) McPhee Kelshaw (Respondent) File Number(s): 2018/00355062 Publication restriction: Section 64(d) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 applies to the material that was received by the Tribunal on a confidential basis.