This paper examines how the various, traditional ‘grounds’ of review—or categories of legal errors that decision-makers commonly make—are affected by the automation of administrative decision-making. It argues that automation has the potential to significantly decrease, and even eliminate, several common kinds of legal error that human decision-makers make. However, the recent Australian examples show that, without careful human oversight in the design process, the rate of certain kinds of errors—particularly those associated with the fairness of decisions—may dramatically increase; and other legal errors may become impossible for applicants to prove in judicial review proceedings.

Our 2020 Annual Conference was scheduled to be held at the University of Wrocław in Poland on July 9-11, 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICON·S Executive Committee has decided to postpone our 2020 Conference to 2021. Our next Annual Conference will take place from July 8-10, 2021, in Wrocław, Poland.
Procedural details regarding the organization of the 2021 Conference will follow in the months ahead.
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