Waters v The Federal Court of Australia and the Judges Thereof

The applicant, Mr. Waters, sought judicial review of decisions made by the Federal Court of Australia and its judges. The precise nature of the dispute and the specific decisions under challenge are not detailed in the provided text, but the application concerned the conduct and rulings of the Federal Court.

The central legal issue before Gageler J was the extent of the Federal Court's jurisdiction and the appropriate avenues for challenging its decisions. This involved considering the principles of judicial review and the limitations on a single judge's power to review the decisions of the court itself or its other judges.

Gageler J determined that a single judge of the Federal Court does not possess the power to review or set aside decisions made by the Federal Court or its judges. The reasoning was grounded in the hierarchical structure of the court system and the established principles of appellate jurisdiction, which vest the power to review such decisions in a higher court, not within the same court at a lower level. The application was therefore dismissed for want of jurisdiction.