Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Chair
Rachel Francois, Barrister, St James’ Hall
Professional Skills
Managing Vested Rights and Retrospectivity: The Mechanics of Changing Laws
- Section 7 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) and the common law position
- Recent High Court appeal in Khalil v Minister for Immigration and what has been clarified since Esber v Cth (1992) 174 CLR 430
- The difficult distinction between the exercise of discretions and the exercise of rights
- The differences in criminal and civil contexts
Presented by Rachel Francois, Barrister, St James’ Hall
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Rachel Francois, Barrister, St James’ HallRachel Francois is a barrister practising in NSW with over 20 years' experience in government and administrative law as well as in human rights, consumer protection and commercial law. Rachel regularly appears in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the Federal Court and on appeal in migration matters. Rachel is also involved in significant High Court administrative law cases including SZBEL (procedural fairness), SZMTA (materiality of jurisdictional error) and Viane (reliance on personal knowledge and unreasonableness).
