Australia, June 16 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement May 16:
1. Mr Buttrose (the Applicant) made an application to the NSW Trustee and Guardian (the Respondent) for access to a document under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (the GIPA Act).
2. Mr Buttrose previously sought access to the same document and access was refused by the Respondent. That document was the opinion of counsel acting for his mother in Supreme Court proceedings for the sanction of a compromise settlement. Mr Buttrose was a respondent in those Supreme Court proceedings.
3. The Respondent decided to refuse to deal with the application to access the document a second time and Mr Buttrose seeks review ...