Administrative decisions face intense scrutiny and even a sound outcome can unravel when procedure, reasons or emerging technology are mishandled. Designed for government lawyers and administrative law practitioners, this focused half-day program delivers practical guidance on procedural fairness, robust reasons for decision, AI-enabled government decision-making and the latest cases shaping the field. Hear directly from leading counsel and experienced practitioners, reduce legal risk and leave better equipped to make, and defend, decisions that withstand review. Secure your place and gain insights you can put to work immediately.

Presenters

Mark Hayes, Partner, Maddock
Mark has a wide-ranging Administrative Law practice. Much of his practice is concerned with judicial review, freedom of information and privacy. He has been involved in a number of landmark cases on the application of the Cabinet exemption in the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and has advised on and appeared in some sensitive privacy claims brought under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 and Health Records Act 2001. Mark has acted for a number of Departments and statutory bodies, and virtually every council in Victoria. His areas of practice include: Judicial Review, Freedom of Information, Privacy, Contracts/Tendering/Procurement, Charter of Human Rights, Delegations/Authorisations, Statutory Interpretation, Protected Disclosures, and Administrative Law Generally. Mark has been listed for Government in Best Lawyers Australia since 2013. He is an accredited specialist in Administrative Law with the Law Institute of Victoria and is a member of the latter's Administrative Law Advisory Committee.

Kylie Evans KC, List A Barristers
Kylie Evans KC has significant litigation experience acting for non-government and government clients in administrative law matters in courts, tribunals and Commissions of Inquiry across Australia. She has acted as Counsel Assisting in inquiries and appeared for clients in royal commissions, most recently appearing for the Minister for Health, Secretary to the Department of Health, Chief Health Officer and a Deputy Secretary in the Yoorrook Justice Commission. She is a leading expert in human rights law having published three texts in the area and holds an academic position at the Melbourne Law School as a Senior Fellow. Kylie is a member of the Queensland Parliament's human rights advisory panel. She holds first class honours degrees in Law from the University of Melbourne and the University of Cambridge (Masters of Law) and a first class Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne. She was Associate to the late Honourable Justice David Hunt AO QC at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 1999 and a Research Fellow for the late Honourable Professor James Crawford AC SC FBA (formerly a Justice of the International Court of Justice) from 2002-2005.

Georgina Costello KC, List G Barristers
Georgina is regularly briefed in trials and appeals regarding contract law and property rights in the Federal Court and Victorian courts. Georgina is a graduate of Melbourne University Law School (LLB Hons 1999) and was a property lawyer at Mallesons Stephen Jaques before coming to the Bar in 2003. She was appointed Silk in Victoria in 2019. Admitted to the New York Bar, she has worked as a commercial litigator at US law firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Jacobson LLP in 2006/2007. She has also worked at the World Bank in Washington DC and at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Italy, on matters related to fraud, misconduct and corruption investigations. Georgina is Chair of the Migration Bar Association of the Victorian Bar.


Kylie Walsh, Principal, Russell Kennedy
Kylie is the Principal with Russell Kennedy Lawyers and is a litigation lawyer with over 10 years’ experience. Kylie acts on behalf of various government clients and statutory authorities and specialises in prosecution, enforcement, disciplinary and administrative review proceedings.

Alannah Slater, Barrister, Ah Ket Chambers
Alannah practises in public law, employment law, industrial relations and occupational health and safety law. She also accepts briefs in regulatory matters. Before coming to the Bar, Alannah was a Senior Solicitor (Human Rights team) in the Public Law Branch of the Victorian Government Solicitor's Office, where she advised on a range of issues arising under the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic). Alannah also advised on issues of administrative decision-making, constitutional law and statutory interpretation. Earlier, Alannah worked as a Senior Associate in the Workplace Relations & Safety team at Lander & Rogers, where she advised and represented private and public sector clients in general employment, industrial, discrimination and occupational health and safety matters. Alannah also served as an Associate to the Honourable Justice Richards of the Supreme Court of Victoria (now a Judge of the Court of Appeal). Since coming to the Bar, Alannah has appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria, County Court of Victoria, Coroners Court of Victoria, Federal Court of Australia, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the Fair Work Commission. She has represented State parties, companies, unions and individuals. Alannah has a particular interest in discrimination law and human rights law. She currently sits on the Human Rights Committee of the Victorian Bar and is a committee member of the Human Rights Law Association.

Jack Maxwell, Barrister, List A Barristers
Jack practises in public and commercial law. Before coming to the Bar, Jack was a solicitor at the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office, where he practised in administrative law, constitutional law, and planning and environment law. Jack was also a Research Fellow at the Public Law Project, a UK legal non-profit, where he led a project on the use of artificial intelligence in government decision-making. Jack has published widely in law journals and online publications. He has also co-authored a book on public law and emerging technologies, Experiments in Automating Immigration Systems. Jack has a Bachelor of Civil Law with distinction from the University of Oxford. He also has a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Arts with first class honours from the University of Melbourne.