Administrative law is the body of law that regulates government decision-making.
Government departments and regulatory authorities have the power to make decisions that affect your rights and interests. Disputes can often arise when a decision is made which adversely affects you or your business, but the decision maker failed to properly apply the law or to consider the facts of the matter, the law, or your relevant circumstances.
Alternatively, you may need access to government-held information regarding matters affecting your legitimate interests or as a basis to understand the department’s decisions or processes by making a freedom of information (federal) or right to information (Queensland) request.
If you need to respond to adverse government action, challenge or dispute a decision that adversely affects your interests, or obtain government-held information, Law Force has the experience and know-how to make that happen. Common areas we assist with include (but are not limited to):
The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Commonwealth) and the Right to Information Act 2009 (Queensland) and the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Queensland) give you the right to access and amend certain information held by public sector agencies unless there is a good reason for it not to be provided.
As full compliance with such applications is often avoided or resisted by public authorities, or only partially complied with, applications often need to be carefully crafted and responses carefully assessed to ensure that proper compliance has occurred and objections to disclosure are effectively dealt with.
Our Brisbane FOI and RTI lawyers are experienced in assisting clients with requests for information under disclosure legislation.
Law Force will provide the expertise, skills, and practical experience necessary to deliver robust, effective strategy and advice, and focused, timely, cost-effective solutions to guide you through the dispute process and achieve the results you seek.
A merits review is the process where an independent person or tribunal will stand in the shoes of a government or statutory authority decision maker and make a fresh decision ("the correct and preferable decision") after reconsidering the applicable laws, facts, and merits of your case, and if necessary, will replace the original decision with a new one.
Our Brisbane merits review lawyers are experienced in assisting clients with internal and external merits review applications.
Law Force will provide the expertise, skills, and practical experience necessary to deliver robust, effective strategy and advice, and focused, timely, cost-effective solutions to guide you through the dispute process and achieve the results you seek.
A Judicial Review is a review by the court of the lawfulness or the legality of the decision of an administrative body – for example, whether the decision maker had the power to make that decision and if they made it fairly without error of law.
Judicial Review is a very technical area of law. Drafted by the government to limit the review of government decisions, available grounds for review are very narrow, strict timeframes apply, and the threshold needed to be met to be successful is very high. Consequently, it is essential to obtain competent legal advice before attempting a judicial review application.
Our Brisbane judicial review lawyers are experienced in assisting clients with disputes regarding government decisions and judicial review applications. We provide robust, effective advice and focused, timely and cost-effective solutions to meet your needs.
Our focus is on clearly understanding your situation and objectives, providing you with effective advice, and assisting you to execute an appropriate strategy – whether thorough negotiation, litigation, or some form of alternative dispute resolution – to help you achieve your business goals.
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