Federal Court (Full Court). Does the question of the materiality of an error typically (although perhaps not necessarily) arise only once a court is satisfied that the administrative decision-maker exceeded its jurisdiction in some way? Is an administrative decision-maker "relieved of its obligation to consider [a person's] contentions simply because they were not made good on the evidence"?
Some of the questions to the Full Court of the Federal Court (FCAFC) were as follows:
Question 1: Does the question of the materiality of an error typically (although perhaps not necessarily) arise only once a court is satisfied that the administrative decision-maker exceeded its jurisdiction in some way?
Question 2: Is an administrative decision-maker "relieved of its obligation to consider [a person's] contentions simply because they were not made good on the evidence"?
The FCAFC answered those questions as follows:
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