Administrative law - Public access to information - Tribunal proceeding files - Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal - Statutory right of access - Right qualified by conditions specified in tribunal rules - Tribunal rules made denying access unless favourable discretion exercised by tribunal - Validity - Whether rules abridged statutory right - "In respect of" - "For" - "Practice and procedure" - "Condition" - Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 (No 53) ss 146 157 Sch 2 - Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 1998 rr 5.04 5.10 6.08 6.17(2) 6.24

Administrative law - Public access to information - Tribunal proceeding files - Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal - Statutory right of access - Right qualified by tribunal power to give contrary direction - Unfettered discretion - Tribunal denying access request by direction given after making of request - Validity - Whether direction could be given in absence of request by party to relevant proceeding - Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 (No 53) ss 80(1) 80(2) 146(4)(b).