2019-Ģ��ƵAT-940

Ģ��ƵAT Held or Ģ��ƵDT Pronouncements

Ģ��ƵAT held that it was clear from the record that Ģ��ƵDT did not consider the whole of the evidence in arriving at its decisions and that its determination of the facts was unsustainable. Ģ��ƵAT held that Ģ��ƵDT based its finding of bias on selected extracts of a report from the Ethics Office which neither positively established bias nor explained how, if at all, the potential bias to which it referred was connected to the selection process. Ģ��ƵAT held that the need for factual determinations based on the whole of the relevant evidence required the case to be remanded to the Ģ��ƵDT for a rehearing de novo. Ģ��ƵAT vacated the Ģ��ƵDT judgment and remanded the matter to Ģ��ƵDT for full consideration of its merits by another Judge.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

The Applicant contested the decision not to select him for a position on the basis that he was not fully and fairly considered. Ģ��ƵDT determined that the contested decision was unlawful for three main reasons: (1) the hiring manager erred in finding the selected candidate��s Master��s degree was related to and therefore relevant to any of the specifically mentioned areas and there was no evidence that she had a first-level university degree which could have replaced the Master��s degree requirement, together with work experience; (2) the hiring manager erred in the screening by finding that the selected candidate exceeded the requirement of working experience by introducing an additional criterion of field experience; and (3) the hiring manager was not impartial. Ģ��ƵDT granted the application and ordered rescission of the impugned decision.

Legal Principle(s)

A determination of the facts requires a full and proper examination of the evidence.

Outcome

Appeal granted

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Wilson

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