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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 THE COMPTROLLER OF}{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13265462\charrsid9241033  }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 CUSTOMS}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13265462\charrsid9241033 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 AND EXCISE
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Respondent
\par (Original Respondent)
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par Coram:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Hon Justice}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7285471\charrsid9241033  Robert French, Judge}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033  of Supreme Court
\par Rt Hon Justice Peter Blanchard, Judge of Supreme Court
\par Hon Justice }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7285471\charrsid9241033 Kenneth Handley}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 , Judge of Supreme Court
\par 
\par Hearing:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 Wednesday }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 22 October 2003, Suva
\par 
\par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7285471\charrsid9241033 Mr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 . V. Kapadia for}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033  the Appellants
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7285471\charrsid9241033 Mr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 . S. Banuve }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 for the Respondent
\par 
\par Date of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 Reasons for }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Judgment:}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7285471\charrsid9241033 Friday, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 24 October 2003}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 REASONS FOR }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 At the end of c}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 ounsel for the petitioners\rquote  oral submissions, the Court announced that the petition for special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court was dismissed.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 We now give our reasons for that decision.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
The petitioners wished to act as customs clerks in relation to the entry or clearance of goods or baggage carried by aircraft or ships in terms of the Customs Act 1986.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7285471\charrsid9241033 By s.149 of that Act a licensed customs agent is permitted to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 appoint a cl
erk to assist him in transacting his business, but only with the approval of the Comptroller}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 
 which may be withdrawn.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Only }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 approved }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 customs clerks are permitted to sign certain declarations and other documentation required under that Act.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 As a matter of administr}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7285471\charrsid9241033 ative}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
policy, those intending to become customs clerks are required to pass a Customs Agents Clerks Examination.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
The petitioners sat the examination on the 27 June 1998 and each obtained the necessary pass mark.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
But the Comptroller of Customs and Excise had concerns about those results and, before they were officially notified, he advised the petitioners by letter that he had decided to disregard the examination results.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 He said that his overriding concern was to uphold the integrity and impartialit
y of the examination. He directed that a fresh examination be held.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid220678 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 The petitioners, having obtained leave, brought a proceeding by way of motion for judicial review of the Comptroller\rquote s decision.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
In a judgment delivered in the High Court at Suva on 25 February 1999, Fatiaki J (as he then was) ordered that writs of certiorari and mandamus be issued respectively quashing the Comptroller\rquote 
s decision concerning the examination results and directing the release to each petitioner of the certificate for the examination on 27 June 1998.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 His Lordship took the view that the Comptroller had no statutory or other power to invalidate the entire result of an examination.
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 The Comptroller appealed to the Court of 
Appeal which, in a reserved judgment delivered on 20 January 2000, allowed the appeal and quashed the orders made in the High Court.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 The Court of Appeal agreed with the High Court that it was not possible to read into the Examinations Act (Cap. 262A) a power to disregard examination results of all candidates.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 To do so, it said, would go beyond completing or filling in an unforeseen gap in the provisions of the Act.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12070410\charrsid9241033 Indeed, as appears from their Lordships\rquote  judgment, the Examinations Act does not apply to the
 examination conducted by the Comptroller in connection with the appointment of customs clerks.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
But the Court of Appeal held that, in order to preserve the integrity of an examination, the Comptroller, as the examining authority, nonetheless had an implicit power to disqualify a candidate who had cheated or engaged in any other improper practice.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
This ability arose by necessary implication from the duty of the Comptroller to promote the efficient operation of the Customs Act by ensuring that those concerned with its administration are properly qualified.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 e}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033  ability was recognised in the regulations authorising him to conduct examinations.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 In the absence of prescribed rules or procedure, the conduct of the examination was a matter for the Comptroller\rquote s judgment.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
The Court of Appeal then addressed whether the Comptroller had acted in accordance with the rules of natural justice or had made an unreasonable decision or acted contrary to the petitioners\rquote  reasonable expectations.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 The Court said that whether the 
requirements of natural justice had been met by the procedure adopted in any given case must depend to a great extent on the facts and circumstances.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 There were no specified procedures or guidelines so the Comptroller\rquote s decision whether to disregard the ex
amination results could only be the result of an exercise of his own judgment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
In these circumstances his decision must not be unreasonable or irrational in public law terms; there must not be }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Wednesbury}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033  unreasonableness.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 There was no challenge to the Comptroller
\rquote s good faith and the Court said that if there was material on which he could have reached his decision, it would not interfere unless the decision was unreasonable in that sense.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 The Court then discussed three matters which had been of concern to 
the Comptroller.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
They were the pattern of marks obtained by the petitioners in the examination in question and earlier examinations which they had sat unsuccessfully; an allegation by the Senior Officer for Training in charge of the examination that he had
 been offered a sum of money by one of the petitioners for a pass; and suspicions about the conduct of another training officer in relation to the examination.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 The Court was satisfied that the accumulation of these matters provided grounds entitling the Comptroller to make a decision to disregard the results.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
In its view his decision to do so could not be regarded as so outrageous in its defiance of logic that no sensible person could have arrived at it.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 The element of fairness was satisfied by the opportunity given to the petitioners to sit the replacement examination without payment of a fee.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
The complaint that the legitimate expectations of the petitioners had been ignored could not be sustained because there could be no such expectation of a pass in an examination which the Comptroller responsibly concluded had been compromised.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid220678 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid220678\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
The Court of Appeal accordingly allowed the appeal, set aside the orders made by the High Court and dismissed the motion for judicial review.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 In this application for special lea
ve the petitioners were required to show, in terms of s7(3) of the Supreme Court Act, that their appeal to this Court would raise a far reaching question of law, a matter of great general or public importance or a matter that was otherwise of substantial 
general interest to the administration of civil justice.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
The petitioners now accept that the Comptroller had an implied power to control and/or disregard the examination results for good cause.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Their application for special leave is based entirely on the contention that the decision of the Comptroller }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 
should have been found to be }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 unreasonable, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 or }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 irrational within the terms of Lord Greene MR\rquote s formulation in }{\b\i\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 .}{\b\i\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid220678 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 The examination is an administrative requirement of the Comptroller not govern}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1859869\charrsid9241033 ed}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033  by any legislati}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12070410\charrsid9241033 ve}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033  pr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 ovision}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 ,}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033  although recognized by R}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 
egulation 129A of the Customs Regulations 1996 in so far as that Regulation authorizes the Comptroller to receive an application and a $22}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 .00}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033  fee from any }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 person }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 
wishing to sit the examination.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 
The Comptroller is not bound by the Act or the Regulations to grant an approval under s.149 merely because a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 person}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 has }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 passed}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 examination. 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid220678 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12070410\charrsid9241033 It wa}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 
s not suggested }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12070410\charrsid9241033 to us }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 that there was any procedural unfairness in this case.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 All the petitioners cont}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 end}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12070410\charrsid9241033 ed was}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033  that the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 
Court of Appeal erred in finding }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13714849\charrsid9241033 that}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 
Comptroller\rquote s decision was}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 one which a reasonable person in his position could have made.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9971227\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 An assessment of that kind does not giv
e rise to any question of law, let alone a far reaching one. It cannot be suggested that there was no evidence on the basis of which the Court of Appeal could have come to its conclusion, which would have been an allegation of error of law: }{
\b\i\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Edwards (Inspector of Taxes) v.}{\b\i\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13714849\charrsid9241033  }{
\b\i\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Bairstow}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033  [1956] AC 14.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Nor can the matter properly be regarded as of great general or public importance or of substantial general interest to the administration of civil justice since }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 the proposed ground of appeal}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
is entirely related to the facts of the particular case.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 The Comptroller\rquote 
s decision was based on the combination of items of suspicious information or material he had before him, as was the Court of Appeal\rquote s conclusion that his decision was not unreasonable.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 The judgment of the Court of Appeal therefore does not, in the only respect which the petitioners wished to challenge it in this Court, have any wider implications.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid220678 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1859869\charrsid9241033 We should mention }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 one}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1859869\charrsid9241033  further matter.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1859869\charrsid9241033 No }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12070410\charrsid9241033 written submission}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1859869\charrsid9241033 
 was advanced by the respondent concerning whether judicial review is actually available in respect of a decision of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15534204\charrsid9241033  an administrative nature not dep}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1460528\charrsid9241033 ende}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1859869\charrsid9241033 nt upon a legislat}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15534204\charrsid9241033 iv}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1859869\charrsid9241033 e provision or upon prerogative.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1859869\charrsid9241033 
Nothing appears to have been said on this subject in the lower courts.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1859869\charrsid9241033 We should not be taken to have expressed any view.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1859869\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 The petition for special leave was accordingly dismissed}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12070410\charrsid9241033  with costs}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 .
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid220678 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Hon Justice Robert French
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Judge of Supreme Court
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid220678 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid220678 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Rt Hon Justice Peter}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Blanchard
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Judge of Supreme Court}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid220678 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid220678 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Hon Justice Kenneth Handley
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Judge of Supreme Court
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9241033 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13714849\charrsid220678 
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Solicitors:
\par }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid220678 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Messrs . Sherani }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 and}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9241033  }{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 Company, }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033 Suva for the Appellants
\par Office of the }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid229312\charrsid9241033 Attorney General,}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2040414\charrsid9241033  Suva for the Respondent
\par }}