Uni Melb 94% Admin Law Exam Notes

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94% semester mark admin exam notes - covers all readings and lectures. Topics include: JUDICIAL REVIEW — GETTING THE CLAIM OFF THE GROUND ........................................................ 3 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF JUDICIAL REVIEW ..................................................................................... 3 I. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 5 II. JUSTICIABILITY .................................................................................................................................... 6 1. Is justiciability non-contentious? ........................................................................................................... 6 2. Is justiciability contentious? ----RARELY---- ....................................................................................... 6 III. JURISDICTION ..................................................................................................................................... 7 1. ADJR Jurisdiction .................................................................................................................................. 7 2. Constitution s 75(v).............................................................................................................................. 11 3. Judiciary Act s 39B Jurisdiction .......................................................................................................... 12 4. Constitution s 75(iii) 12 Conclusion on Jurisdiction ....................................................................................................................... 13 IV. STANDING ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Standing - QUICK  use if limited time or wanting to discuss 13 2. ADJR standing ..................................................................................................................................... 15 3. Conclusion of Standing ........................................................................................................................ 16 JUDICIAL REVIEW — GROUNDS .............................................................................................................. 16 SUMMATION OF THE GROUNDS .......................................................................................................... 17 I. ACTING WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY ......................................................................................... 17 Acting without legal authority ..................................................................................................................... 18 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 18 2. State the authority: ADJR s 5(1)(d), (b)............................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 3. Ground of review requirements ........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 4. Consequences of a breach .................................................................................................................... 19 II. IMPROPER PURPOSE .......................................................................................................................... 21 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. State the authority: ADJR s 5(1)(e) and 5(2)(c) ................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 3. Ground of review requirements ........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 1III. RELEVANT CONSIDERATION ....................................................................................................... 24 Relevant/Irrelevant Considerations .............................................................................................................. 24 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 24 3. Ground of review requirements ........................................................................................................... 24 4. If ground made out, should relief be denied on discretionary grounds? .............................................. 27 IV. IRRELEVANT CONSIDERATION ..................................................................................................... 27 Relevant/Irrelevant Considerations .............................................................................................................. 27 2 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 28 V. UNAUTHORISED DECISION MAKER .............................................................................................. 29 Invalid delegation of power ......................................................................................................................... 29 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 30 2. State the authority: ADJR s 5(1)(c) ..................................................................................................... 30 VI. INAPPROPRIATE RELIANCE ON POLICY ..................................................................................... 34 Inflexible application of policy .................................................................................................................... 34 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 34 VII. ACTING UNDER DICTATION ......................................................................................................... 36 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 36 2. State the authority: ADJR s 5(1)(e) and 5(2)(e) ................................................................................... 36 3. Ground of review requirement ............................................................................................................. 37 VIII. FAILURE TO ACCORD PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS .................................................................... 37 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 37 3. Threshold: is there a duty to accord procedural fairness? .................................................................... 38 4a. Defining the content: the hearing rule ................................................................................................ 39 Procedural fairness (‘PF) via fair hearing .................................................................................................... 39 4b. Defining the content: the rule against bias ......................................................................................... 43 Procedural fairness (‘PF’) via actual bias .................................................................................................... 43 Procedural Fairness (‘PF’) via apparent bias ............................................................................................... 43 IX. ERROR AS TO JURISDICTIONAL FACT ......................................................................................... 46 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Error as to objective jurisdictional fact (‘OJF’) ........................................................................................... 47 Error as to subjective jurisdictional fact (‘SJF’) .......................................................................................... 49 4. What are the consequences for an error as to jurisdictional fact? ........ Error! Bookmark not defined. X. UNREASONABLENESS IN DECISION MAKING ............................................................................ 53 Unreasonableness ......................................................................................................................................... 53 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 54 XI. ERROR OF LAW .................................................................................................................................. 57 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 57 2. State the authority: common law and ADJR s 5(1)(f) ......................................................................... 57 3. Ground of review requirement ............................................................................................................. 57 4. Consequence for Error of Law ............................................................................................................. 57 JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DELEGATED LEGISLATION ......................................................................... 58 Judicial Review of Delegated Legislation (‘DL’) ............................................................................................ 58 1. As our only case, apply Vanstone v Clark ........................................................................................... 60 3 2. Consequence of invalid delegated legislation ...................................................................................... 63 JUDICIAL REVIEW — CONSEQUENCES OF BREACH OF LAW .......................................................... 63 Consequences of breach (NB: vocabulary of JE only relevant for writs. JE = invalidity). ............................. 63 I. COMMON LAW BREACH: JURISDICTIONAL ERROR ................................................................... 64 2. Jurisdictional error ............................................................................................................................... 64 3. Non-jurisdictional error on the face of the record ............................................................................... 67 4. Status of decisions infected by jurisdictional error .............................................................................. 67 5. Status of non-jurisdictional errors ........................................................................................................ 68 CLAUSES LIMITING JUDICIAL REVIEW ................................................................................................. 68 I. PRIVATIVE CLAUSES .......................................................................................................................... 68 Privative Clauses (‘PC’) .................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Can the privative clause be read down? ................................................................................................. 1 2. Can the decision be excluded from the protection of the privative clause? ........................................... 3 3. Consider its effect on certiorari, injunction or declaration .................................................................... 3 3. Privative clauses in State legislation ...................................................................................................... 4 II. NO-INVALIDITY CLAUSES .................................................................................................................. 4 III. RESTRICTIONS ON 5 7 I. ADJR REMEDIES ................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 1. Introduction .......................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 2. Remedies available under ADJR s 16 .................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. 3. Discretion under ADJR ........................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. 4. Consequences ....................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. II. GENERAL LAW REMEDIES ................................................................................................................. 7 1. What remedy does the applicant want? ................................................................................................. 7 2. What role will the Court’s discretion play? ........................................................................................... 9 3. Note the s 75(iii) remedies and their availability ................................................................................. 10 4. If discussing s 39B(1) remedies, reference Futuris ............................................................................. 10