Natural Justice and Legitimate Expectations in Australia

Abstract

The imprecise contours of the … principles [of implication of due process] prevent their easy application. To apply them too sweepingly requires the dilution of due process requirements to accommodate the protection afforded the property interest holder to the inescapable and practical needs of government. To apply them too narrowly requires the sacrifice without due process of many highly valued expectations to accommodate their holders to the only marginally significant needs of government.¹