9th ANNUAL AIJA
TRIBUNALS CONFERENCE
Rydges Lakeside,
Tribunal Practice in an International Context
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THURSDAY
6 APRIL
1.40 pm SESSION
Chair: The Hon Justice Garry Downes AM
Keynote address:
The Rt. Hon Sir Robert Carnwath CVO, Lord Justice of Appeal & Senior
President Designate of the
Commentator: The Hon Justice Bruce Robertson, Court of
Appeal, New Zealand and former President of the New Zealand Law Commission
Chair: Professor Robin Creyke, Faculty of Law &
Alumni Chair of Administrative Law
Taking evidence and making decisions
Presenters: Associate Professor France Houle, Faculty of
Law, Université de Montréal & Visiting Fellow of the
Associate Professor Ken
Mackinnon,
FRIDAY
7 APRIL
9.00 am SESSION
THREE
Chair: Professor Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director,
AIJA
Child support appeals and tribunals
– lessons from the UK
Presenter: Professor Nick Wikeley, John Wilson Chair in
Law, University of
9.30 am SESSION
FOUR
Chair: Professor Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director,
AIJA
Training and induction of Tribunal
members
Presenter:
Ms Mary Holmes, Senior Training Adviser and Head of Tribunals
Commentator: Dr Pamela O’Connor, Associate Professor, Faculty
of Law,
11.10 am SESSION FIVE
Chair/Coordinator: Mr John
Lesser, President, Mental Health Review Board of
Deputy Chair of COAT
QLD, Ms Ann Lyons,
Guardianship and Administration Tribunal
NZ, Ms Trish McConnell,
Principal Tenancy Adjudicator
ACT, Mr Michael Peedom,
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
NSW, Ms Kay Ransome,
Convenor COAT
SA, Ms Pat Patrick,
State Convenor
This session is designed
to allow each chapter of COAT to provide information concerning current
activities and issues relevant to Tribunals in their jurisdiction.
Chair: Ms Anne Coghlan, Deputy President –
General, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Expert evidence and Tribunals
Presenter:
His Hon Judge John Chaney SC, Deputy President, State Administrative Tribunal
(WA)
Commentator: Dr Gabriel Fleming, Deputy President of the
Workers’ Compensation Commission, NSW
2.30 pm SESSION SEVEN
Chair: Mr Michael Peedom, President, ACT
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Conflict of interest and
bias
Presenters: Ms Ema Aitken, Chair of the Refugee Status Appeals
Ms Penny Letts,
Lecturer/Consultant, Member of the
4.00 pm SESSION EIGHT
Chair: Ms Anne Wallace, Deputy Executive Director,
AIJA
Tribunals and independence
Presenter: Professor Phil Bryden, Dean, Faculty of Law,