Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Judicial Review of Non-Statutory Executive Action
- The circumstances where exercises of pure executive power will be justiciable
- The differences between judicial review of:
- statutory discretions
- exercises of pure executive power
- The different kinds of executive power, and the grounds on which exercises of pure executive power may be reviewed
Presented by Jamie Blaker, Barrister, List G Barristers
Chair
Georgina Rhodes, Barrister, Ah Ket Chambers
Presenters
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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.