Hutchison v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2018] FCA 1002

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Hutchison v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2018] FCA 1002 File number: WAD 144 of 2018

Judge: BANKS-SMITH J

Date of judgment: 3 July 2018

Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Appeal from decision of Administrative Appeals Tribunal – whether a decision to decline to require production of documents under s 37(2) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) is a decision within the meaning of s 44(1) – whether decision determinative – whether proposed appeal incompetent

Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) ss 37, 44 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) ss 5, 6 Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) s 19 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 920A, 920B Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955 (Cth) s 52 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 33.30

Cases cited: Alcoa of Australia Ltd v Swiss Aluminium Australia Ltd [1986] FCA 88; (1986) 9 ALD 345 APRA v VBN [2005] FCA 1860 Australian Postal Corporation v Forgie [2003] FCAFC 223; (2003) 130 FCR 279 Australian Postal Corporation v Sinnaiah [2013] FCAFC 98; (2013) 213 FCR 449 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v PTLZ [2008] FCAFC 164; (2008) 48 AAR 559 Chief of Navy v Angre [2016] FCAFC 171; (2016) 244 FCR 457 Clements v Independent Indigenous Advisory Committee [2003] FCAFC 143; (2003) 131 FCR 28 Commissioner of Patents v AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd [2017] FCAFC 129; (2017) 349 ALR 142 Commissioner of Taxation v Cancer and Bowel Research Association [2013] FCAFC 140; (2013) 305 ALR 534 Cremona v Administrative Appeals Tribunal [2015] FCAFC 72; (2015) 230 FCR 1 Cremona v Secretary, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs [2013] FCA 1003 Director-General of Social Services v Chaney [1980] FCA 108; 47 FLR 80 Douglass v Administrative Appeals Tribunal [2017] FCA 1105 Geographical Indications Committee v The Honourable Justice O'Connor [2000] FCA 1877; (2000) 64 ALD 325 Hutchison and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2018] AATA 760 Hutchison and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2017] AATA 1419 Irwin v Military Rehabilitation & Compensation Commission [2009] FCAFC 33; (2009) 174 FCR 574 Kishore v Tax Practitioners Board [2016] FCA 1328; (2016) 244 FCR 320 Kowalski v Repatriation Commission [2009] FCAFC 107; (2009) 259 ALR 444 Luck v Chief Executive Officer of Centrelink (No 2) [2015] FCAFC 112 News Corporation Ltd v National Companies and Securities Commission [1984] FCA 446; (1984) 5 FCR 88 O'Sullivan v Repatriation Commission [2003] FCA 387 Rana v Repatriation Commission [2011] FCAFC 123; (2011) 196 FCR 137 Sullivan v Department of Transport (1978) 20 ALR 323 Yao v Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [2010] FCA 18