Just goes to show that even the First Law Officer can be badly briefed. The Legal Services Directions, including the model litigant rules, were around long before 2005.
And sarcs: Alternative Dispute Resolution has got nothing to do with ‘the Friday afternoon fax’ – a reference, I assume, to notices of suspension or cancellation decisions, made in the exercise of regulatory powers.
PS sarcs: you might find this one, among many, interesting:
Edebone and Comcare [2000] AATA 937 (25 October 2000)
You only need to read the first 2 paragraphs.
A Commonwealth agency getting a kicking.
From the AAT.
For failure to comply with model litigant obligations.
Under the Legal Services Directions.
The version issued in 1999.
(The version issued in 1999 wasn’t the first version.)