Twenty-One Years of the Judicial Review Act 1991: Enhancing Access to Justice and Promoting Legal Accountability?

Billings, Peter; Cassimatis, Anthony E.

Twenty-One Years of the Judicial Review Act 1991: Enhancing Access to Justice and Promoting Legal Accountability?

P Billings, A Cassimatis, 'Twenty-one Years of the Judicial Review Act 1991: Enhancing Access to Justice and Promoting Legal Accountability?' (2013) 32 (1) University of Queensland Law Journal 65-101

University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law Research Paper No. 14-07

38 Pages Posted: 3 Feb 2014

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Peter Billings

University of Queensland - T.C. Beirne School of Law

Anthony E. Cassimatis

The University of Queensland - T.C. Beirne School of Law

Date Written: 2013

Abstract

The Judicial Review Act 1991 (‘JRA’) came into force on 1 June 1992. The Act reflected the contribution of the ‘The Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct (the ‘Fitzgerald report’) and the Report on Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions and Actions by the Electoral and Administrative Commission (‘EARC’) which documented concerns about access to justice and government accountability in Queensland.

Keywords: Judicial Administration

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Billings, Peter and Cassimatis, Anthony E., Twenty-One Years of the Judicial Review Act 1991: Enhancing Access to Justice and Promoting Legal Accountability? (2013). P Billings, A Cassimatis, 'Twenty-one Years of the Judicial Review Act 1991: Enhancing Access to Justice and Promoting Legal Accountability?' (2013) 32 (1) University of Queensland Law Journal 65-101, University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law Research Paper No. 14-07, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2389888