NSW: Glenbrook inquiry adjourned until Monday

AAP General News (Australia)
02-17-2000
NSW: Glenbrook inquiry adjourned until Monday

SYDNEY, Feb 17 AAP - A potential conflict of interest today forced the adjournment
until Monday of an inquiry into the Glenbrook rail disaster.

Seven people died when a commuter train slammed into the back of the Indian Pacific
train 400 metres from Glenbrook station in the New South Wales Blue Mountains on December
2 last year.

Legal counsel for the Rail, Bus and Tram Union (RBTU) - representing both the co-drivers
of the Indian Pacific involved in the fatal smash and rail signallers - called for the
adjournment this afternoon.

Harry Bauer, for the RBTU, said he would be seeking advice from outside senior counsel
on the possibility of a conflict of interest or evidence between drivers David Willoughby
and Peter Marshall and the signallers.

Mr Bauer said a solicitor representing the National Rail Corporation raised the potential
conflict.

Commissioner Acting Justice Peter McInerney granted the adjournment saying there could
possibly be a conflict of interest.

The hearing resumes 10am (AEDT) on Monday.

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