Judicial review of administrative decisions
 


Project No. 95

In 2001, the Commission was asked to inquire into the deficiencies of the current law relating to the judicial review of administrative decisions and to make recommendations with respect to the reform of

(a)
the substantive grounds upon which the lawfulness of an administrative decision might be challenged;  
(b)
the practices and procedures pertaining to judicial review of administrative decisions including the appropriate extent of the jurisdictions of the various courts of the state to entertain challenges to the lawfulness of administrative decisions; and  
(c)
the law governing the extent to which Western Australians are entitled to obtain a statement of reasons for an administrative decision.