Thursday, 6 March 2025
Chair
Jason Pizer SC, List A Barristers; Leading Administrative & Public Law Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
The Administrative Decision-making Continuum and Limits on Merits Review
Gain clarity on the spectrum of administrative decision-making and where merits review sits within it. This session provides valuable insights into the limits of tribunal powers when reviewing decisions, focusing on the legal framework, practical implications, and recent case law. Learn from experienced barristers how discretion is exercised and constrained across the continuum from initial decision to review.
Presented by Jessie Taylor, Barrister, Parnell’s Barristers, Jamie Blaker, Barrister, Ah Ket Chambers and Nilanka Goonetillake, Barrister, Aickin Chambers
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
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Jessie Taylor, Barrister, Gorman Chambers
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.
Jamie Blaker, Barrister, List G Barristers
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.
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.
