Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Forrester v Repatriation Commission [2013] FCA 898 Citation: Forrester v Repatriation Commission [2013] FCA 898
On appeal from: Forrester and Repatriation Commission [2012] AATA 846
Parties: CONSTANCE FORRESTER v REPATRIATION COMMISSION
File number: VID 1121 of 2012
Judge: MORTIMER J
Date of judgment: 6 September 2013
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – veteran's entitlements – widow's pension claim – whether tribunal erred in finding material before it did not point to or support hypothesis advanced – whether link between events and operational service too remote or tenuous – whether tribunal's reasoning inconsistent with its conclusion – appeal dismissed
Legislation: Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 23 Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) ss 43(2B), 44(1) Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) ss 5C(1), 7, 8, 13, 120, 120A, 196B
Cases cited: Bull v Repatriation Commission (2001) 66 ALD 271; [2001] FCA 1832 Bushell v Repatriation Commission (1992) 175 CLR 408 Byrnes v Repatriation Commission (1993) 177 CLR 564 Cattanach v Melchior (2003) 215 CLR 1 Collins v Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2007) 163 FCR 35 Deledio v Repatriation Commission (1997) 47 ALD 261 East v Repatriation Commission (1987) 16 FCR 517 Elliott v Repatriation Commission (2002) 73 ALD 377; [2002] FCA 26 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales (2010) 239 CLR 531 McKenna v Repatriation Commission (1999) 86 FCR 144 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 Rana v Repatriation Commission (2011) 126 ALD 1; [2011] FCAFC 124 Re Dell and Repatriation Commission (1986) 9 ALD 596 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Applicant S20/2002 (2003) 77 ALJR 1165; [2003] HCA 30 Re Stacey (unreported, Nos V83/0396, V84/0821 and V28/072, 26 June 1985) Repatriation Commission v Bey (1997) 79 FCR 364 Repatriation Commission v Deledio (1998) 83 FCR 82 Repatriation Commission v Hill (2002) 69 ALD 581; [2002] FCAFC 192 Repatriation Commission v Stares (1996) 66 FCR 594 Vetter v Lake Macquarie City Council (2001) 202 CLR 439
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