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)

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