4 Nov 2008
LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY V SYLVA HC AK CIV 2008-404-1645
- Citation
- openlaw-a5707b93_15ca_41a9_a4dd_c0e01fb06c7f.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the Agency's travel guidelines were lawful provided they permit grants officers to exercise discretion and depart from the policy in appropriate cases; 'exceptional circumstances' in the guidelines did not impose an unlawful fetter or a materially higher threshold than 'special circumstances'; however the Agency's refusal to approve the travel in the specific facts was manifestly unreasonable, so the Panel's substantive result was upheld and the Agency's appeal dismissed.