Bajaj v Pekin

• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Judicial review
  3. › Review of Magistrates Court decisions
  4. › Statutory judicial review under Magistrates Court Act 2004 (WA), s 36
  5. › Procedural fairness
  6. › Whether communications between party and court not copied to other party constituted denial of procedural fairness
  7. › Whether practical injustice resulted
  8. › Magistrates Court Act 2004 (WA), s 36
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Judicial review
  3. › Discretion to refuse relief
  4. › Proportionality
  5. › Whether relief may be refused on discretionary grounds under s 36(4) even where denial of procedural fairness established
  6. › Whether exceptional circumstances existed
  7. › Magistrates Court Act 2004 (WA), s 36(4)
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Bias
  3. › Actual and apprehended bias
  4. › Email communications between party and court registry
  5. › Whether communications provided basis for disqualification
  6. › Whether complaint waived by proceeding with hearing
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Appeal from review order decision
  3. › Grounds of appeal unclear
  4. › No discernible error in primary judge's approach
  5. › Turns on own facts

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