[2014] VCAT 550
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Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
2014-05-23
Gaudron J, Greg Garde J
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(2) The application may properly be brought under s 34D(1)(a) of the Act.
[1] (1998) 194 CLR 355 [69] (McHugh, Gummow, Kirby and Hayne JJ) (citations omitted).
[2] (1992) 174 CLR 178, 205 (citations omitted).
[3] [2006] HCA 38; (2006) 226 CLR 486, 492 [10] (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne and Crennan JJ).
[4] (2009) 26 VR 609, 614 [24].
[5] [2012] VSC 492 [93] and [94].
[8] See also the authorities referred to by Gaudron J viz Hyman v Rose [1912] AC 623, 631 where Earl Loreburn LC said "[i]t is one thing to decide what is the true meaning of the language contained in an Act of Parliament. It is quite a different thing to place conditions upon a free discretion entrusted by statute to the Court where the conditions are not based on statutory enactment at all"; FAI General Insurance Co Ltd v Southern Cross Exploration NL [1988] HCA 13; (1988) 165 CLR 268, 290 (Gaudron J).
[9] (1992) 174 CLR 178, 205.
[10] [2010] VCAT 252 [17].
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(1992) 174 CLR 178
(1998) 194 CLR 355
(2006) 226 CLR 486
(2009) 26 VR 609
(1988) 165 CLR 268