casa and the Coroners Courts
1. Toowoomba [KingAir] : Counsel Assisting: Mr Simon Hamlyn-Harris Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Mr Ian Harvey (i/b Phillips Fox)
2. Willowbank [PJOps]: Counsel Assisting Coroner: Mr Ian Harvey Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Mr Andrew Luchich (instructed by CASA Legal department)
3. Mareeba Microlight: Counsel Assisting Coroner: Mr J Tate, Crown Law No CASA
4. Hamilton Island [Fuel selector]: Counsel assisting: Mr Simon Hamlyn-Harris Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Mr Ian Harvey
5. Lockhart River [Metro]: Counsel Assisting Coroner: Mr Ian Harvey Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Mr Peter Dunning SC with Mr Andrew Luchich (instructed by Blake Dawson Waldron Lawyers)
6. Gunpowder Chopper: Counsel Assisting Coroner: Mr Ian Harvey Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Mr Joe Rule (instructed by CASA Legal department)
7. EMS Chopper: Assisting: Mr John Tate, Counsel, Crown Law, No CASA
8. What's next???
Summary: In five out of seven coronial enquiry’s, Ian Harvey appears, twice for casa and three as Counsel Assisting Coroner.
Surely this is a gross conflict of interest and not in the best interest of finding out what really happened and the best way to fix the issues underlying the cause of the incident.
We should note from the casa annual reports that in 2010-2011, Ian Harvey was paid $154,736, $219,259 in 2009-10 and $89,115 in 2008-09.
Last edited by Up-into-the-air; 10th Jan 2012 at 17:12.