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Summary:
It is not unusual for Umpires to be faced with the genuine assertion that others in comparable circumstances have received benefits. However, the discretion to approve a claimant for feepayer status is entrusted to the Commission. Umpires cannot substitute their own discretion.
I should add, however, that if the claimant feels that the Commission's approval of other claimants was unfair to him, he could pursue the matter by way of judicial review under s.18 of the Federal Court Act.
