Recent Cases

BP Refinery (Kwinana) Pty Ltd v Tracey [2020] FCAFC 89 (22 May 2020) (Besanko, Perram and Jagot JJ)


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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – application for judicial review – where writ of certiorari sought – jurisdictional error – Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission alleged to have misconceived its appellate function – could only set aside decision of Deputy President if satisfied there was an error as identified in House v The King – Deputy President’s conclusion that meme constituted valid basis for dismissal not reasonably open as conclusion was outside the legally permissible range of conclusions – no error by Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission – where alleged failure to consider question of fact – s 400(2) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) is a basal pre-condition to an exercise of power – no error by Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission – application dismissed