A tribunal is entitled to reject expert evidence, even if consistent and uncontradicted, where it gives adequate reasons for doing so, including non-compliance with practice note requirements and failure to produce raw data underpinning expert opinions. On an appeal limited to questions of law from VCAT, the court will not re-evaluate the weight of evidence or substitute its own view of the facts.
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