8th ANNUAL AIJA TRIBUNALS CONFERENCE

Menzies Hotel, Carrington Street, Sydney, 9-10 June 2005

The Rise and Rise of Tribunals

ISSN 1448-0824

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THIS CONTAINS ALL THE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AT THE CURRENT DATE. FURTHER PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS WILL BE ADDED AS THE SPEAKERS PROVIDE THEM TO US.

THURSDAY 9 JUNE

 

12.00 pm   Registration.

 

1.30 pm     WELCOME AND OPENING - Sydney Room and Melbourne Suite (Australia Ballroom)

                    The Hon Justice John Byrne, President, AIJA

 

1.40 pm     SESSION ONE

                    Chair:                 Mrs Anne Coghlan, Deputy President – General, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Presenters:       The Hon Justice Michael Barker, President, State Administrative Tribunal, Western Australia

                                The Emergence of the Generalist Administrative Tribunal in Australia and New Zealand: Factors, Approaches and Prospects of Success

                                Justice Barker will address the development of Generalist Tribunals and the policies underlying that development.  He will consider the recent recommendations made by the New Zealand Law Commission in relation to such tribunals.

                            Mr Peter Johnston, Honorary Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, The University of Western Australia

State Administrative Tribunal: Model Non-Adversarial Tribunal or Split Personalities

Commentator:  Mr Gary Byron, Deputy President, Workers Compensation Commission NSW

 

 

3.10 pm     Afternoon Tea

 

 

3.45 pm     SESSION TWO

Chair:                 Ms Anne Wallace, Deputy Executive Director, AIJA

Presenter:         Professor Tania Sourdin, La Trobe University, Member, National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council

                                                Facilitating the Resolution of Disputes before Tribunals PowerPoint

Commentator:  Dr Greg Lyons, Senior Member and Mediator, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

 

 

4.30 pm     SESSION THREE

                    The Hon Justice Garry Downes AM, President, Council of Australasian Tribunals and President, Administrative Appeals Tribunal

                    COAT Benchbook for Tribunals

 

 

5.00 pm     Close

 

 

7.00 for      CONFERENCE DINNER – SYDNEY ROOM

7.30 pm     Speaker:           Mr Paul Brunton, Senior Curator, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

 

FRIDAY 10 JUNE

 

8.30 am     ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

                    The Annual General Meeting of COAT has been scheduled to take place during the conference and is open to all heads of tribunals.  A notice of meeting will be sent to members.

 

 

9.30 am     SESSION FOUR

                    Chair:                 His Hon Judge Kevin O’Connor AM, President, Administrative Decisions Tribunal, New South Wales

Speaker:           Professor Robin Creyke, Director of Teaching & Learning, Faculty of Law, Australian National University

                            Practical Application of Investigative Methodology in Tribunals

 

 

10.30 am   Morning Tea

 

 

11.00 am   SESSION FIVE

                                                Current Issues and Problems in the Determination of:

1.       Discrimination Claims- Commissioner Jamie Gardiner, Equal Opportunity Commission, Victoria;

2.       Guardianship and Administration Matters- Facilitator: Ms Diane Robinson, President, Guardianship Tribunal, NSW;

3.       Planning Matters- Facilitator: the Hon Justice Stuart Morris, President, VCAT; and

4.       Tenancy and consumer disputes- Ms Trish McConnell, Principal Member, Tenancy Tribunal, New Zealand

                                                The session will be streamed and is designed to permit maximum discussion and participation.

 

 

12.45 pm   Lunch

 

 

1.45 pm     SESSION SIX

                    Chair:                 Ms Trish McConnell, Principal Member, Tenancy Tribunal, New Zealand

                    Presenter:         Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director, AIJA PowerPoint

                                                Some Recent Judicial Developments of Interest to the Work of Tribunals

 

 

2.30 pm     SESSION SEVEN

Chair:                 Mr Doug Humphreys, Registrar, Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Speakers:        The Hon Justice Peter McClellan, Chief Judge, Land & Environment Court, New South Wales

                     The Value of Civil Claims – How Should Resources be Allocated?

                            Justice McClellan’s presentation will focus on the experience of the Land & Environment Court in receiving expert evidence

                        Professor Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director, AIJA PowerPoint

                            The Use of Expertise by Non-legal Members of Tribunals – an Update

 

 

3.30 pm     Afternoon Tea

 

 

4.00 pm     SESSION EIGHT

                                           Chair:     Ms Helen Wood, Chairperson, Anti-Discrimination Tribunal, Tasmania

Speaker:           Mr Russell Matthews, Director, NSW & ACT, Social Security Appeals Tribunal PowerPoint

                            Issues of Access and Equity in Tribunals

 

 

4.45 pm     Close