To misquote a well known saying; the mills of justice grind slowly. So it is likely that voters in New South Wales will cast their ballots in the 28 March 2015 state election without knowing the Commission's recommendations regarding those politicians, political staffers and businessmen identified as having behaved in an allegedly corrupt manner.
These three media releases and one newspaper article encapsulate the legal difficulties facing current and possibly future corruption investigations by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.
ICAC Operation Hale
public inquiry
Friday 5 December 2014
Today's majority decision of the NSW
Court of Appeal with respect to the NSW Independent Commission Against
Corruption (ICAC)'s Operation Hale public inquiry fundamentally affects the
scope of the Commission's powers to conduct investigations into corrupt
conduct.
It is critical to the exercise of the
Commission's powers generally that the construction of section 8 of the ICAC
Act is settled.
Accordingly, the ICAC will seek leave
to appeal to the High Court of Australia.
The Commission will be making no
further comment at this stage.
Media contact: ICAC Manager
Communications & Media, Nicole Thomas, 02 8281 5799 / 0417 467 801
Statement regarding
Operations Credo and Spicer
Friday 5 December 2014
The majority decision in Cunneen v ICAC [2014] NSWCA 421
fundamentally alters the basis of the Commission's powers with respect to
significant parts of Operations Credo and Spicer.
The Commission is seeking
special leave in the High Court of Australia as a matter of urgency.
Until the proceedings are
resolved, the Commission will not complete the reports in Operations Credo and
Spicer.
The Commission will be making no
further comment at this stage.
Media contact: ICAC Manager
Communications & Media, Nicole Thomas, 02 8281 5799 / 0417 467 801
COURTROOM, LEVEL 23
Law Courts Building,
Queen's Square, Sydney
FRIDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2014
AT 2:15 PM
BEFORE HIS HONOUR CHIEF
JUSTICE FRENCH
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION V CUNNEEN & ORS
Matt Grey
Deputy Registrar
The
Sydney Morning Herald 12 December 2014:
The High
Court is set to have the final say about whether the Independent Commission
Against Corruption can investigate Crown prosecutor Margaret Cunneen over
allegations she perverted the course of justice.
Chief Justice
Robert French on Friday referred the commission's application for special leave
to appeal a ruling shutting down its investigation into Ms Cunneen, SC, to the
full court of the High Court, which will hear the appeal in March.
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