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High Court lays down the law on what is unreasonable
03 October 2018
Andrew Keevers
Senior Associate
Sparke Helmore Lawyers
The High Court's decision in Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW [2018] HCA 30 provided a restatement of the general principles relating to the law of whether an administrative decision maker's decision could be said to be legally unreasonable, the role of an appellate Court in considering an alleged error of law and the scope of the powers available to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
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