Willmott v Carless

[2024] QCA 115

Queensland Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Administrative Law
2. › Tribunals
3. › Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
4. › Review jurisdiction
5. › Nature of review of police disciplinary decisions
6. › Whether review by way of rehearing requires demonstration of error or is fresh hearing on merits
7. › Crime and Corruption Act 2001 (Qld), s 219Q
8. › Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 (Qld), s 20
1. Administrative Law
2. › Tribunals
3. › Statutory construction of review powers
4. › Meaning of 'rehearing on the evidence'
5. › Interaction between enabling Act and QCAT Act
6. › Whether enabling Act modifying provision prevails over QCAT Act
7. › Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 (Qld), s 7
1. Police
2. › Discipline
3. › Review of disciplinary decisions
4. › Nature of QCAT review under reformed disciplinary scheme
5. › Police Service Administration Act 1990 (Qld), Pt 7, Div 4
6. › Crime and Corruption Act 2001 (Qld), s 219Q

Quick Take

Police officers' legal representatives in QCAT disciplinary reviews must demonstrate legal, factual or discretionary error in the original decision rather than seek a fresh hearing on the merits.