Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Hutchinson v Comcare (No 2) [2021] FCA 284 File numbers: WAD 161 of 2020 WAD 292 of 2020
Judgment of: JACKSON J
Date of judgment: 26 March 2021
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - applications for judicial review pursuant to the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) - decisions under review made under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) - both decisions denied liability - actual and apprehended bias alleged on the basis of evidence relied in the decisions - no basis on which actual or apparent bias could be inferred - applications dismissed
Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 43 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) ss 5, 6 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 140 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) ss 55ZF, 55ZG Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) ss 5A, 5B, 14, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 69
Cases cited: Applicant WAEE v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 184; (2003) 236 FCR 593 Bar-Mordecai v Health Car Complaints Commission [2002] NSWCA 192 Cheung v Administrative Appeals Tribunal [2009] FCA 241; (2009) 176 FCR 20 CNY17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] HCA 50; (2019) 375 ALR 47 Comcare v Burton (1998) 157 ALR 522 Commonwealth of Australia v Snell [2019] FCAFC 57; (2019) 269 FCR 18 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63; (2000) 205 CLR 337 Hamor v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] FCA 1748 Hutchinson v Comcare [2020] FCA 1508 Industrial Equity Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1990) 170 CLR 649 Isbester v Knox City Council [2015] HCA 20; (2015) 255 CLR 135 McGovern v Ku-ring-gai Council [2008] NSWCA 209; (2008) 72 NSWLR 504 Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Nicholls [2011] HCA 48; (2011) 244 CLR 427 Minister for Immigration & Citizenship v SZGUR [2011] HCA 1; (2011) 241 CLR 594 MZAEU v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 100; (2016) 70 AAR 22 New South Wales v Coya (Constructions) Pty Ltd (Unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 4 July 1994) Re JRL; Ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte H [2001] HCA 28; (2001) 179 ALR 425 Reece v Webber [2011] FCAFC 33; (2011) 192 FCR 254 SCAA v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 668 Sun Zhan Qui v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 81 FCR 71 Webb v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 41
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