Fiona McKenzie

Fiona McKenzie practises mainly in the area of administrative law, with a focus on the lawful and fair exercise of statutory powers by regulators.

Fiona has a Master of Laws from the ANU, and a BA/LLB from Monash University.  A key area of interest in her LLM was the interaction of international human rights law with Australian law and practice.  She has written a book for practitioners and decision-makers, 'Administrative Power and the Law', which has been reviewed favourably here and in the UK.

Fiona has appeared in a range of tribunals and courts. She advises clients in high level or complex matters on the lawful exercise of statutory power, natural justice, statutory interpretation issues, and how to achieve compliance in the administrative law or regulatory spheres.

Types of matters include judicial review in the Supreme Court (eg review of medical panel opinions with KP Hanscombe SC), and the Federal Court; AAT proceedings including in FOI matters (eg The Australian v Sec, Dept of Prime Minister and Cabinet with Peter Hanks QC); VCAT matters involving merits review of administrative decisions; and advice.

Fiona has lectured at the University of Melbourne, teaching administrative law in the Juris Doctor Program.

She also conducts training in administrative decision making for lawyers and government decision-makers, based on her book, (see www.adminlaw.com.au).