Legal Services Directions

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Status: Answered

Asked by: Senator Jane Hume

Committee: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Portfolio: Foreign Affairs and Trade

Agency: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Round: 2026-27 Budget estimates

Question No: 093

Asked: 3 June 2026

Answer due: 23 July 2026

Question

Under the Legal Services Directions, how does the department/agency consider reasonable prospects of success for an appeal? Would the department/agency use a third party lawyer, that is separate to the first case, to do a sense check prior to launching an appeal?

Answer

Please see attached answer.

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