Section 219D(c) of the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (ACT) — 'the decision should not in law have been made' — is not confined to jurisdictional error but extends to all errors of law, including a failure to give adequate reasons. A magistrate's reasons that adopt a global approach to multiple charges without identifying the specific factual and legal issues in dispute for each charge, and without resolving critical factual conflicts, will be inadequate. Where a prosecution review appeal succeeds on the basis of inadequate reasons, the matter should ordinarily be remitted to a differently constituted court where the magistrate has already expressed concluded views on credibility.
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