Visscher v SafeWork NSW (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 317 — Judicial Review & Statutory Interpretation — Barrister AI

Visscher v SafeWork NSW (No 3)

[2023] NSWSC 317

Supreme Court of NSW

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Catchwords

1. Administrative Law
2. › judicial review
3. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69
4. › where plaintiff seeks judicial review of decision of Full Bench of Industrial Relations Commission of NSW
5. › prohibition notice issued by SafeWork NSW inspector under Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
6. › owner/builder building own house
7. › application for external review commenced before Industrial Relations Commission
8. › Commission’s jurisdiction to consider claim of public interest immunity
1. Statutory Interpretation
2. › construction of Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
3. › whether plaintiff a “worker”
4. › meaning of “undertaking” and “workplace”
5. › whether building site a “workplace”
6. › whether owner/builder conducting an “undertaking”
1. Evidence
2. › Privileges
3. › public interest immunity
4. › notice to produce
5. › documents produced in redacted form
6. › objection to disclosure of identity of person who drew safety risks investigated to attention of SafeWork NSW
7. › whether Industrial Relations Commission fell into jurisdictional error by finding that public interest immunity attached to documents
8. › no jurisdictional error
9. › Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW)

Case Details

Citation[2023] NSWSC 317

CourtNSWSC

JurisdictionNew South Wales

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