Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
McDonald v Federal Court of Australia [2017] FCA 1216 File number: SAD 246 of 2017
Judge: KERR J
Date of judgment: 10 October 2017
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – application for judicial review of a decision of the Court directing a registrar to refuse to accept documents for filing – Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) – whether a direction given to a registrar by the Court pursuant to r 1.37 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) is a decision of an administrative character – whether the Court can be a respondent to proceedings – whether decisions applying repealed O 46 r 7A govern the construction of r 1.37 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – whether a direction of the Court to a registrar not to accept documents for filing is an "administrative direction" – whether such a decision is of an administrative character for the purposes of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) – application summarily dismissed
Legislation: Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 24(1A), 24(1C), 31A, 35A Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), rr 1.37, 2.26, 2.27 High Court Rules 1952 (Cth)
Cases cited: Bahonko v Sterjov [2007] FCA 1717 Bizuneh v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 42; (2003) 128 FCR 353 Druett v Segal [2011] FCA 1191 Gunter v Doogan [1999] FCA 1648 Gunter v Doogan [2003] FCA 667 Legal Aid Commission (WA) v Edwards (No 2) (1982) 61 FLR 419 Letts v Commonwealth (1985) 8 FCR 585 Manolakis v District Registrar, South Australia District Registry, Federal Court of Australia [2008] FCAFC 162; (2008) 170 FCR 426 McDonald v South Australia [2011] FCA 297 Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Nedlands Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 599; (2000) 99 FCR 554 Paramasivam v Randwick City Council [2005] FCA 369 Rahman v Hedge [2012] FCA 68 Reaper v Luxton [2015] FCA 430 Re Luck [2003] HCA 70; (2003) 78 ALJR 177 Satchithanantham v National Australia Bank Ltd [2010] FCAFC 47; (2010) 268 ALR 222
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