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Dunford v Chief of Army

Dunford v Chief of Army [2024] ADFDAT 1

The Tribunal dismissed Sergeant Dunford’s appeal against two assault convictions, finding the touching of child cadets was not ordinary social interaction and no mistake defence was raised.

  • Defence force discipline
  • Assault by unlawful touching
  • Unreasonableness of conviction
  • Mistake of fact (criminal code s 9.1)
  • Consent
  • Appeal procedure
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Administrative law

Fulton v Chief of Defence Force

Fulton v Chief of Defence Force [2023] FCAFC 134

The Full Court dismissed an appeal against termination of an RAAF officer’s service, holding the delegate was not required to consider PPRs and made no reviewable error.

  • Judicial review
  • Termination of service in the defence force
  • Procedural fairness
  • Relevant and irrelevant considerations
  • Statutory construction
  • Administrative-law
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Administrative law

Whitehouse v Repatriation Commission

Whitehouse v Repatriation Commission [2017] FCA 1085

On appeal, the Federal Court held the veteran’s last paid work was his part-time consultant solicitor role, so he did not meet the intermediate-rate pension test.

  • Veterans' entitlements
  • Intermediate rate pension
  • Remunerative work
  • Eligibility criteria
  • Veterans-entitlements
  • Intermediate-rate-pension
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Defence and war

Fulton v Chief of the Defence Force

Fulton v Chief of the Defence Force [2017] FCA 913

The Federal Court quashed the ADF termination and related grievance decision after the parties conceded procedural unfairness from nondisclosure of medical records.

  • Termination of service in australian defence force
  • Redress of grievance
  • Procedural fairness
  • Judicial review
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Judicial-review
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Defence and war

Besson v Repatriation Commission

Besson v Repatriation Commission [2014] FCA 881

The Federal Court refused an extension of time to appeal in a veterans’ entitlement matter, finding the delay unexplained and the proposed appeal weak.

  • Veterans' pensions
  • Extension of time
  • Administrative appeals tribunal
  • Standard of proof
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Statement of principles
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Defence and war

Sloan v Repatriation Commission

Sloan v Repatriation Commission [2012] FCA 1079

The Federal Court dismissed Mr Sloan’s appeal from the AAT, holding there was no error of law in the Tribunal’s approach to “clinical onset” under the veterans’ entitlements regime.

  • Veterans' entitlements
  • Defence-caused illness
  • Standard of proof
  • Clinical onset interpretation
  • Veterans-entitlements
  • Clinical-onset
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Defence and war

Farley-Smith v Repatriation Commission

Farley-Smith v Repatriation Commission [2012] FCA 80

The Federal Court dismissed a widow’s appeal against a Tribunal decision that her husband’s death was not war-caused under veterans’ entitlements law.

  • Veterans' pensions
  • War-caused death
  • Standard of proof
  • Procedural fairness
  • Apprehended bias
  • Veterans-pensions
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Defence and war

Kaluza v Repatriation Commission

Kaluza v Repatriation Commission [2011] FCAFC 97

The Full Court held the remittal was unqualified, so the Tribunal had to rehear the whole claim. It also found errors in the clinical onset and stressor analyses.

  • Veterans' entitlements
  • Scope of remittal
  • Application of statement of principles
  • Clinical onset of medical conditions
  • Experience of severe psychological stressor
  • Veterans-entitlements
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Defence and war

Gilkinson v Repatriation Commission

Gilkinson v Repatriation Commission [2010] FCA 1292

Federal Court appeal on veterans' entitlements dismissed. The Court held the Tribunal correctly applied the statutory test for whether service was related to obesity and sleep apnoea.

  • Meaning of 'related to service' under the veterans' entitlements act 1986 (cth)
  • Application of s 196b(14) in statements of principles
  • Criteria for connection between disability and military service
  • Interpretation of 'arose out of, or was attributable to'
  • Veterans-entitlements
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Defence and war

Flynn v Chief of Army

Flynn v Chief of Army [2010] ADFDAT 1

The Tribunal allowed Flynn’s appeal, quashed his conviction for intoxication on duty, and entered a verdict of not guilty. It also held he was properly charged under the DFDA.

  • Service offences
  • Involuntary intoxication
  • Honest and reasonable mistake
  • Military justice procedure
  • Military-law
  • Service-offences
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