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Course description

An examination of the rules, principles and procedures applied by the courts to review the legality of government action, including: the contrast between legality review by the courts and merits review by tribunals; the grounds of judicial review historically associated with the concepts of ultra vires, jurisdictional error & natural justice; the statutory remedies available federally (principally via the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth)) and in Queensland (via the Judicial Review Act 1991); and other relevant statutory, common law & equitable remedies.