LAW5014 - HD (87) Administrative Law Study and Exam Notes - 2025

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Comprehensive, 58-page notes covering the 12-week Monash Juris Doctor Administrative Law course. My overall score for the unit was 87. The notes combine detailed explanations with exam-ready STATE paragraphs, legal tests, application templates and concise case summaries explaining each authority’s facts and significance. They include a grounds-of-review checklist, legislation map, case locator and full exam-answer skeleton. Topics covered 1. Introduction to administrative law, public power and accountability. 2. Jurisdiction to conduct judicial review. 3. Standing at common law and under the ADJR Act. 4. Reasons for administrative decisions. 5. Acting beyond power, including statutory limits, delegation, relevant and irrelevant considerations, improper purpose, bad faith, fraud, unreasonableness, no evidence, jurisdictional facts, policy and dictation. 6. Procedural fairness, including the hearing rule, actual and apprehended bias, statutory exclusion, necessity and waiver. 7. Jurisdictional error, materiality and non-jurisdictional errors. 8. Remedies, including certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, injunctions, declarations and ADJR orders. 9. Privative clauses and constitutional limits on restricting judicial review. 10. Tribunals and merits review, including the ART’s jurisdiction, procedures, evidence, policy and review powers. 11. Revision, issue identification, statutory analysis and exam-writing technique. Readings and materials covered Coverage follows the unit schedule, cases and legislative provisions referenced in those materials. Key authorities include Bond, Tang, ACF, Onus, Peko-Wallsend, Project Blue Sky, Kioa, Ebner, Li, Craig, Yusuf, Plaintiff S157 and Drake. Supplementary authorities explain modern materiality principles and constitutional supervision. Legislation covered includes the Australian Constitution, ADJR Act 1977, Judiciary Act 1903, Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 and ART Act 2024.