Casino Canberra Limited v Kidman

Casino Canberra Limited sought to appeal a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which had dismissed an application to revoke a gaming licence held by Kidman Resources Limited. The Tribunal found that the casino had failed to establish that the grant of the licence to Kidman was unlawful. The Federal Court considered the scope of judicial review in such matters, particularly the grounds on which a licence might be considered to have been granted unlawfully. It was held that the casino had not demonstrated any jurisdictional error on the part of the Tribunal. The court emphasised that the Tribunal was entitled to make its own assessment of the evidence and that the casino's dissatisfaction with the outcome did not constitute a basis for setting aside the decision. The appeal was dismissed, and the original decision of the Tribunal was affirmed.