Section 24(2) of the Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic) does not exclude the jurisdiction to award costs in criminal proceedings; it preserves the existing practice, so that costs may be awarded where no relevant practice to the contrary applies. A police officer laying an information under the Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic) is not the Crown and cannot invoke the Crown's immunity from costs. There is no general rule of natural justice requiring a tribunal to give reasons for its decision; the duty to give reasons is not a rule of procedural fairness but relates to the fairness of the decision itself. Where no appeal on questions of fact lies, reasons are adequate if they state the grounds for the finding without detailed reasoning.
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