Thursday, 6 March 2025
Chair
Jason Pizer SC, List A Barristers; Leading Administrative & Public Law Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide
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
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Jason Pizer SC, List A BarristersJason 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.
