Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
McKenzie v Repatriation Commission [2014] FCA 777 Citation: McKenzie v Repatriation Commission [2014] FCA 777
Appeal from: McKenzie v Repatriation Commission [2013] AATA 216
Parties: DAWN WILKIE MCKENZIE v REPATRIATION COMMISSION
File number: VID 348 of 2013
Judge: MURPHY J
Date of judgment: 25 July 2014
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – appeal from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal – veteran's entitlements – widow's pension claim – whether tribunal erred in finding there is no material to show a reasonable hypothesis – whether the asserted hypothesis is consistent with the template in Statement of Principles – nature of Tribunal's function at that stage of the inquiry – whether Tribunal misapplied s 120(3) of Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) – appeal allowed
Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) Repatriation Legislation Amendment Act 1985 (Cth) Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth)
Cases cited: Bawden v Repatriation Commission (2013) 134 ALD 68 Borrett v Repatriation Commission [2000] FCA 1829 Bull v Repatriation Commission (2001) 66 ALD 271 Bushell v Repatriation Commission (1992) 175 CLR 408 Byrnes v Repatriation Commission (1993) 177 CLR 564 Collins v Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2007) 163 FCR 35 Comcare v Etheridge (2006) 149 FCR 522 Deledio v Repatriation Commission (1997) 47 ALD 261 Dixon v Repatriation Commission [1999] FCA 582 East v Repatriation Commission (1987) 16 FCR 517 Elliott v Repatriation Commission (2002) 73 ALD 377 Forrester v Repatriation Commission [2013] FCA 898 Gleeson v Repatriation Commission (1994) 34 ALD 505 Harradine v Secretary, Department of Social Security (1989) 25 FCR 35 McKenna v Repatriation Commission (1999) 86 FCR 144 McKenzie v Repatriation Commission [2013] AATA 216 Repatriation Commission v Deledio (1998) 83 FCR 82 Repatriation Commission v O'Brien (1985) 155 CLR 422 Repatriation Commission v Patterson (2006) 94 ALD 66 Riley v Repatriation Commission [2008] FCA 531 Secretary, Department of Community Services and Health v Theologidis (1991) 33 FCR 186 Tunks v Repatriation Commission (2008) 102 ALD 274 Vetter v Lake Macquarie City Council (2001) 202 CLR 439 Woodward v Repatriation Commission (2003) 131 FCR 473
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