Waterhouse v Independent Commission Against Corruption

In the matter of *Waterhouse v Independent Commission Against Corruption*, the applicant sought leave to appeal a decision of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). The applicant filed a Notice of Motion seeking fifteen substantive orders in relation to the pending application for leave to appeal, as well as an additional order that costs be paid on an indemnity basis. The respondents opposed the application. The matter came before Simpson JA in the Court of Appeal of New South Wales.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether the applicant had established any legal or other basis for the fifteen substantive orders sought in the Notice of Motion, and for the order that costs be paid on an indemnity basis.

Simpson JA found that there was no legal or other basis for the orders sought by the applicant in the Notice of Motion. Consequently, the Court dismissed the Notice of Motion. The applicant was ordered to pay the respondents’ costs of the proceedings.