Catchwords:

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – jurisdictional error – decision of Industrial Relations Commission allowing appeal from decision of Commissioner to reinstate a police officer – nature of jurisdictional error – whether Full Bench denied applicant procedural fairness by determining appeal in accordance with s 181F of Police Act 1990 (NSW) – where parties before Commission at first instance had proceeded on narrower basis – extent to which approach taken by Full Bench was flagged at hearing – whether any material denial of procedural fairness

APPEALS – Industrial Relations Commission – whether appellate intervention confined to cases where unreasonable findings made – construction of s 191 of Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) – whether jurisdictional error by Full Bench in finding appellable error in findings by Industrial Relations Commission at first instance

POLICE – police officer charged with possession of child abuse material – officer found guilty in Local Court but conviction quashed on appeal by District Court – officer removed from Police Force on basis that the Police Commissioner had reasonable grounds to consider offending had occurred – consideration of reasoning of Police Commissioner – nature of obligation under s 181F of Police Act 1990 (NSW) to review decision of Police Commissioner