Arm yourself and your practice with the insights and practical strategies needed to navigate merits review and judicial review. Take a deep dive into commencing proceedings and different stages of Review proceedings. Benefit from an in-depth discussion of recent judicial review and merits review cases and the practical implications of these decisions. Review the administrative decision-making continuum and limits on merits reviews.
2.00pm to 3.00pm Commencing Proceedings: Judicial Review or Merit Review?
Do you advise clients on the appropriate forum to commence proceedings? Do you advise government entities responding to merits or judicial review applications?
- Examine some of the key differences between proceedings for judicial review and merits review, with a focus on:
- Standing to commence proceedings
- Stays or injunctions of the operation of the decision under review
- Final relief available
Presented by James Stoller, Barrister, Ah Ket Chambers; Leading Administrative & Public Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2024
4.15pm to 5.15pm Recent Judicial Review and Merit Review Decisions and their Implications
- Examine recent judicial review and merit review case law
- Key developments and emerging trends
- Practical implications for your clients and organisations
Presented by Greg Buchhorn, Barrister, Chapman’s List Barristers
3.00pm to 4.00pm The Administrative Decision-making Continuum and Limits on Merits Review
Presented by Jessie Taylor, Barrister, Parnell’s Barristers, Jamie Blaker, Barrister, Ah Ket Chambers and Nilanka Goonetillake, Barrister, Aickin Chambers
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair:
Jason Pizer SC, List A Barristers; Leading Administrative & Public Law Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Presenters
Jason Pizer SC, List A Barristers
Jason has been a member of the Victorian Bar for more than 25 years, and has been a silk since 2013. He practises primarily in administrative law, and has significant experience in merits review and judicial review. Jason was the author of the first four editions of Pizer's Annotated VCAT Act, and the co-author of the fifth edition of that book
James Stoller, Barrister, Ah Ket Chambers
James specialises in proceedings involving government parties. He acts for and against government entities in judicial review proceedings and statutory appeals; professional disciplinary, licensing, and civil penalty proceedings; applications for regulatory injunctions; applications to stay regulatory action; planning and environmental cases; merits review proceedings; investigations and inquiries; common law cases involving government defendants; and statutory prosecutions in a regulatory context.
Jessie Taylor, Barrister, Parnell's Barristers
Jessie Taylor BA(Hons) LLB(Hons) MSc(HA) is a trusted advisor and accomplished advocate for a diverse range of clients including corporations, government and statutory agencies, industry bodies, corporations, healthcare providers, private sector enterprises, individuals and advocacy organisations. Jessie first signed the roll of counsel in 2011. Between 2016 and 2020 Jessie took up a role as Public Defender (Civil Justice) and then Associate Director at Victoria Legal Aid Chambers. She returned to the Bar in 2021 after a secondment to an Executive role in the Department of Health (Victoria). Prior to being called to the Bar in 2011, Jessie was Associate to Justice Bromberg in the Federal Court of Australia.
Nilanka Goonetillake, Barrister, Aickin Chambers
Nilanka is a commercial and public law barrister with a specialty in employment and discrimination. Nilanka practices in a broad range of commercial disputes including insolvency, contract disputes and consumer claims. Nilanka’s employment law practice includes general protections claims, underpayments and civil penalty provisions under the Fair Work Act. Nilanka’s public law practice includes claims concerning statutory interpretation, judicial reviews and anti-discrimination legislation. Since coming to the Bar, Nilanka has practised in a range of commercial and public law matters.
Jamie Blaker, Barrister, Ah Ket Chambers
Before coming to the Bar, Jamie was Associate to the Hon Justice Gleeson at the High Court of Australia. As a solicitor, he was a constitutional litigator (within the Australian Government Solicitor), acting mainly in High Court proceedings. Jamie holds a Master of Laws (1st) from the University of Cambridge, and lectures in the postgraduate program at Monash University (teaching equity, constitutional law, and administrative law). He has published widely, including in the Sydney Law Review, the Public Law Review and the Federal Law Review.
Greg Buchhorn, Barrister, Chapman’s List Barristers
Greg is a barrister who practices in public and administrative law, as well as in criminal and quasi-criminal law with a particular focus on appellate crime. He is an experienced advocate who appears regularly, both unled and led, in all Victorian and federal courts and tribunals. Greg routinely provides advice on diverse, complex and novel legal issues. His public law practice includes acting for government, corporate and individual clients in judicial review, statutory appeal, merits review and disciplinary proceedings, and inquiries.
