Administrative Law Summary Notes (HD in final exam)

Description

Covers all topics in the course. Includes commentary from class, slides and textbook. LAWS2012: Administrative Law 4 Topic 1: Introduction 4 Topic 2: Merits review tribunals 6 Topic 3: Jurisdiction of the Courts 11 Overview 12 NSW Supervisory Jurisdiction 13 Public/private distinction 13 Constitutional Writs 16 Federal Court’s Jurisdiction 18 ADJR Act 19 ADJR - “Administrative character” 21 ADJR Act – ‘under an enactment’ 22 Limits of ADJR Act 25 ‘Officer of the Cth’ 25 Topic 4: Standing 26 Standing: 27 Special Interest test – ACF case 27 Liberalisation of Standing and its limits 28 Attorney-General 29 ADJR Act 29 Statutory Reform 33 Intervention and amicus curiae 33 Topic 5: Review of Rule-making 34 Principle of Legality 34 ‘Regulate and restrain’ 36 ‘Necessary or Convenient’ 37 ‘Means/ends’ distinction 38 Reasonable Disproportionality 40 Topic : Procedural Fairness Implication 43 Summary 43 Introduction 44 Advisory reports and recommendations – ‘multi-stage decisions’ 48 Urgency 51 Topic : Fair Hearing Rule 53 Disclosure 53 Adverse Material 54 Adverse Conclusions 58 Fair hearings 59 Cross-examination 60 Witnesses 60 Responding to arguments 61 Fraud by third party 62 Reasons for decision – required by statute not procedural fairness 62 Topic : The Rule against Bias 63 Categories of bias 63 Reasonable Apprehension of Bias 64 Prejudgment 66 Extraneous Information 68 Decision-making by multi-member committees 69 Necessity 69 Waiver 70 Topic 7: Considerations, Purposes, Policies and Representations 72 Topic : The ‘Considerations’ grounds 72 Relevant Considerations 74 Irrelevant Considerations 77 Topic : Unauthorised purposes 80 Topic : Policies 83 Consistent with the Act 83 Policies to be applied flexibly 84 Topic : Representations and Estoppel 86 Topic 7:5: Acting under Dictation 87 Statutory Directions 90 Topic : Unauthorised delegation 91 Delegation and agency 91 Agency 92 Topic : Unreasonableness 95 General principles 95 Examples/Scenarios 99 Inconsistency of treatment 99 Oppressive Treatment 100 Failure to make inquiries 101 Topic : Uncertainty 102 Topic 9: Errors of Law and Facts 103 Topic : Interpreting Legislation 103 Fact/law distinction 104 Topic : No evidence 106 Topic Objective Jurisdictional Facts 108 Jurisdictional errors 108 Cases 109 Topic Subjective Jurisdictional Facts 113 Topic : Illogical/Irrational fact-finding 115 Topic 10: Jurisdictional Error 118 Topic Introduction 120 Topic Procedural Fairness 121 Topic 10:3: Breach of considerations grounds 122 Topic Unreasonablenes 122 Topic No evidence 122 Topic Breach of Statutory Requirements 123 Topic 11: Judicial Review Remedies 125 Judicial review remedies 125 Certiorari 126 Certiorari: error of law on the face of the record 127 Prohibition 129 Mandamus 129 Topic Injunction and Declaration 130 Injunctions 130 Declarations 130 Topic Constitutional Writs 131 Topic : the ADJR Act Remedial Model 131 Topic Rival theories of invalidity 132 ADJR Act s 16; 134 Topic : Discretion of Court 135 Topic : Severance 135 Topic 12: Case study – Breach of Statutory Duty to Give Reasons 136 Jurisdictional Error 136 Certiorari – error of law 137 ADJR Act – breach of statutory procedures 137 Appeal on a question of law 138 Topic 13: Restricting Judicial Review – Privative Clauses 139 Definition: 139 Private Clauses – Cth 139 Privative Clause – State 141 After privative clauses 142 Topic No Invalidity Clauses 142 Time Limits 144 Topic Practical Restrictions on Judicial Review 145 Topic 13: Legislation to limit judicial review: ouster clauses and alternatives 146