Stiles and Queensland Urban Utilities [2021] QICmr 5 (16 February 2021)

Application number:
314600
Applicant:
Stiles
Respondent:
Queensland Urban Utilities
Decision date:
Tuesday, Feb 16, 2021
Catchwords:
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE - information about applicant’s dispute with agency - communications between the agency’s internal legal advisors and agency officers - whether information would be privileged from production in a legal proceeding - dominant purpose of communications - whether in-house legal advice was independent - Schedule 3, section 7 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) and section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) – whether access may be refused under section 47(3)(a) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

Appeals information:

Decision is the subject of an appeal to QCAT.