A decision of the QCAT Appeal Tribunal that determines the lawfulness of contract termination constitutes a 'final decision' under s 150(2)(b) of the QCAT Act, even where damages remain to be assessed. [name withheld] v [name withheld] principles regarding appellate interference with fact-finding do not apply in their full scope to an appeal confined to questions of law; on such an appeal, the question is whether the appellate tribunal was wrong in its conclusions as to the existence of evidence or the availability of inferences supporting the first instance findings.
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