McGuirk v University of New South Wales

McGuirk sued the University of New South Wales in the Federal Circuit Court over a decision made by the university. The university had decided not to accept an application for review of an earlier decision. The matter was brought before the court on two separate occasions. The primary issue before the court was whether it had jurisdiction to review the university's decision. Another issue was whether the university had made an error in refusing to accept the application for review.

The court found that it did have jurisdiction to review the university's decision. The court found that the university had refused to accept the application for review because it was lodged outside the prescribed time limit. The court found that the university had not considered whether it should accept the application for review out of time. The court found that the university had made an error in not considering this issue. The court found that the university's decision was therefore not the correct and preferable decision.