Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
"Through the Looking Glass": The Unfamiliar World of Evidence and Fact-finding in Administrative Decision-making, When the Scrutiny of Judicial Review is Applied
- Understanding what may be relevant and what is extraneous evidence
- What becomes evidence in judicial review: generally, totality of materials that were before decision-maker; at times, other materials as well
- Significance of fact-finding by an administrative decision-maker, whether those facts be objective ones or subjective states of mind
Presented by Lisa De Ferrari SC, List A Barristers; Recommended Technology, Media & Telecommunications Law Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide
Chair
Emily Latif, Barrister, Castan Chambers; Leading Administrative & Public Law Junior Counsel, Victoria, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Presenters
Emily Latif, Barrister, Castan ChambersEmily is a public law advocate and practices predominantly in Discrimination, Judicial Review and Disciplinary matters. Emily is instructed by State and Commonwealth governments, regulators, educational institutions and the private sector and regularly appears in federal and state courts and tribunals. Emily is recognised in Doyle's Guide as Leading Administrative & Public Law Junior Counsel, Victoria 2024. Before coming to the bar, Emily was an associate to Justice Kenny of the Federal Court of Australia and a solicitor at Allens.
Lisa De Ferrari SC, List A Barristers
Lisa practises in public law, commercial law and common law (major torts list, class actions and defamation). In the last 12 months (since taking silk), Lisa's practice in public law has included: advising various Department and other clients on issues which have included statutory construction and judicial review applications (including the risk of such applications being brough); being briefed to appear in a number of urgent cases in the Supreme Court, in the nature of judicial review from inferior courts; appearing in the Court of Appeal for the Director of Public Prosecutions, in an appeal where the constitutional validity of various provisions of the Confiscation Act 1997 was being challenged; appearing in the High Court in an appeal on questions of materiality of error where the allegation is breach of procedural fairness and when certiorari might be refused on discretionary grounds; settling various applications for special leave to appeal, and various responses to such applications; appearing in the Federal Court on a number of interlocutory applications seeking orders to provide urgent medical care to refugees being held in the Republic of Nauru.
