23-4-20 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Judicial Review & Administrative, Resources & Energy
An application for judicial review of a decision of the Land Court to recommend that the first respondent be granted a mining lease. The applicant submitted that the Land Court had failed to comply with s 252A and 252B of the Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld), and that compliance with…
4-3-20 / Matthew Hickey OAM, Rachel De Luchi — Building & Construction, Judicial Review & Administrative
Matthew Hickey and Rachel De Luchi appeared for the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC), in an application for judicial review of decisions taken by the QBCC in respect of claims made by homeowners under the statutory insurance scheme. Justice Jackson's reasons clarify aspects of to whom the QBCC is…
18-2-20 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Judicial Review & Administrative, Professional Discipline & Regulatory
Matthew Hickey appeared for the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board in an application for review brought in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The applicant was a school whose accreditation the Board had amended by removing the school's entitlement to teach year 11 and 12 students, because of the school's alleged…
16-4-19 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Appellate, Judicial Review & Administrative
In the Federal Court of Australia, Logan J granted a stay of a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, by which it had varied the conditions of a permit, which the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority had granted to the State of Queensland. The Tribunal's decision prevented the state…
3-4-19 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Judicial Review & Administrative, Planning & Environment
The Humane Society International, an environmental interest group, challenged the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's decision to permit the Department of Agriculture & Fisheries (Qld) to conduct a shark control program in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Although the Administrative Appeals Tribunal varied the Authority's decision, it permitted…
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