Panganiban v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2016] FCA 510

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Panganiban v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2016] FCA 510 File number(s): NSD 480 of 2016

Judge(s): BROMWICH J

Date of judgment: 13 May 2016

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – whether proceedings incompetent – whether ground existed for judicial review under ss 5 or 6 of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) – exercise of discretion to refuse to grant an application for review under s 10(2)(b)(ii) of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth)

Legislation: Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth), ss 5, 6, 10(2)(b)(ii) Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth), ss 1, 57 – 59, 127 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 760A, 766A(1)(a), 766B, 920A, 1317B, 1337A, 1337B Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 31A Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B

Cases cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Cremona v Administrative Appeals Tribunal [2015] FCAFC 72; (2015) 230 FCR 1 Dhillon v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1994) 48 FCR 107 McLachlan v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [1999] FCA 244; (1999) 85 FCR 286 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 NSW Aboriginal Land Council v Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (1995) 59 FCR 369 Tasmanian Conservation Trust Inc v Minister for Resources (1995) 55 FCR 516 at 550