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Dr Andrew Edgar

Profile

Degrees

BA/LLB (Hons) Macq, PhD Syd

Courses taught

  • Administrative law
  • Environmental dispute resolution

Areas of interest

  • Administrative law
  • Environmental litigation

Brief biographical detail

Andrew Edgar is a lecturer in the Faculty of Law. He specialises in administrative law and environmental law. His research focuses on judicial review and merits review of environmental decisions. He has written numerous articles and edited legal publications such as the Local Government and Planning Law Guide and the Australian Digest of Law.

Publications

Journal articles

  • A Edgar, “Policy, Morality and the Land and Environment Court” (2006) 14 AJ Admin Law 38.
  • A Edgar, “Dispensing with Development Standards by the Land and Environment Court” (2006) 12 LGLJ 112.
  • A Edgar, “Standard Deviation: The Problematic Pre-Condition to SEPP1” (2002) 19 EPLJ 226.
  • A Edgar, “The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same” (1999) 5 LGLJ 42.

Non-refereed articles and legal practice guides

  • A Edgar, “Judicial Review of RRT Decisions” (Refugee Advice and Casework Service, 2007).
  • A Edgar, Local Government and Planning Law Guide (Lawbook Co), editor and primary author (2002-2005).
  • A Edgar, “Contested Regulatory Authority in Canadian Fishery” (2001) 1 Australian Environmental Law News 35.
  • A Edgar, Planning Law in Australia (Lawbook Co), contributing author (2000).
  • A Edgar, Australian Local Government, Planning and Environment Digest (Butterworths) (October 1995 – February 1997).

Selected case notes and commentaries

  • A Edgar, “Merits review: reasons for decisions and consistency of decision-making” [2005] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 293
  • A Edgar, “Accredited certifiers – conflicts of interest” [2005] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 101
  • A Edgar, “Jurisdictional facts and prohibitions” [2005] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 97
  • A Edgar, “Expert evidence” [2005] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 45
  • A Edgar, “Principles for locating brothels” [2005] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 3
  • A Edgar, “Application of development control plans” [2005] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 2
  • A Edgar, “Principles of judicial review: consideration of impacts” [2004] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 308
  • A Edgar, “Reasons for decisions in merits appeals” [2004] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 239
  • A Edgar, “Validity of development control plans” [2004] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 179
  • A Edgar, “Minister’s call in powers and VCAT” [2004] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 177
  • A Edgar, “Development assessment and procedural fairness” [2004] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 125
  • A Edgar, “Environmental impact assessment under Commonwealth legislation” [2004] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 83
  • A Edgar, “Threatened species – the listing process” [2004] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 7
  • A Edgar, “Human Rights and Aircraft Noise in the United Kingdom” [2003] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 277
  • A Edgar, “Development assessment and social considerations” [2003] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 211
  • A Edgar, “Privative clauses and the Hickman principle” [2003] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 105
  • A Edgar, “The scope of the legitimate expectations ground” [2003] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 49
  • A Edgar, “Procedural fairness” [2003] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 7
  • A Edgar, “Corruption and development assessment: recommendations for reform” [2003] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 1
  • A Edgar, “Questions of law – questions of fact” [2002] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 323
  • A Edgar, “Problems of statutory interpretation” [2002] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 250
  • A Edgar, “Combating council corruption” [2002] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 249
  • A Edgar, “'Jurisdiction’ in recent High Court cases” [2002] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 191
  • A Edgar “Appeals: Identifying errors in council decisions” [2002] Local Government and Planning Law Guide 125