19 Jul 2007
ARBUTHNOT V CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WORK AND INCOME SC 82/2006
- Citation
- SC 82/2006
- Court
- Supreme Court
The Appeal Authority had jurisdiction to consider and rehear the question of conjugal status as relevant to entitlement to the accommodation supplement because an appeal is to the substantive decision by rehearing; a BRC's favourable administrative determination does not give rise to issue estoppel against the chief executive; any resulting inconsistency between benefit decisions is a matter for the chief executive under s 81 exercised with caution.