The tribunal has entrenched systemic abuses against self-represented,non-legal professional parties including actual bias.

1. THE PROCEEDINGS TIMETABLE

An oldie but goodie is submission times:

  • The self represented,non-legal professional (time poor,resource poor) party (SRNLPA)has 4 weeks in which to make submissions
  • The government agency respondent,using considerable public funds UNNECESSARILY engaging the exclusive,publicly funded legal specialist,the Crown Solicitors Office (CSO) (with “unlimited” resources) has 4 weeks in which to make submissions

This is PRIMA FACIE BIAS.

This is clearly a deliberate & malicious breach of Civil & Adminstrative Tribunal Act Sect.3.c.

(c) to ensure that the Tribunal is accessible and responsive to the needs of all of its users,

 

a. A SRNLPA has most likely been forced to seek an UNNECESSARY & UNWANTED NCAT review of that agency’s decision.Often,this is a result of GSE Act employed agency officers breaching LEGISLATED (required by LAW) MANDATORY CONDUCT OBLIGATIONS pursuant to GSE Act Sect.7 Government Sector Core Values and / or Freedom of Information Act MANDATORY OBLIGATIONS.

b. A SRNLPA is generally NOT PAID for any work related to the submissions or hearings

c. A SRNLPA more than likely has to focus on their livelihood and give priority to their workplace meaning a core full-time unrelated workload of typically 40 hours Mon-Fri.Submissions are therefore worked on AFTER HOURS

d. The ability of a SRNLPA top produce “legal arguements” is highly unlikely to be of a standard anywhere near that of the exclusive legal specialists of the CSO who have decades (if not centuries) of collective experience

e. Those PUBLICY FUNDED exclusive legal specialists of the CSO are very well paid for ALL WORK in these proceedings and are paid for work DURING BUSINESS HOURS

f. Those PUBLICY FUNDED exclusive legal specialists of the CSO have access to paralegals,clerks and other legal practitioners to assist them.

g. Those PUBLICY FUNDED exclusive legal specialists of the CSO have the benefit of extensive experience,tried & well-practiced routines to CIRCUMVENT your lawful rights

The tribunal relies on the

  • inexperience with tribunal processes &
  • ignorance of legal & procedural rights &
  • reluctance of the SRNLPA to put the member off-side

to perpetrate this BLATANT BIAS.

ALL SRNLPAs should raise these issues with the member at any DIRECTIONS HEARING / other HEARING to ensure that they are not DELIBERATELY DISADVANTAGED in their proceedings