article_snippet.sent: Richard Kendall QC, representing Victorian woman Tania Isbester, argued a member of the panel which determined Izzy's fate had a conflict of interest.
article_snippet.sent: Kirsten Hughes investigated the attack Izzy made in August 2012 and presented evidence at a later the High Court hearing in which Ms Isbester pleaded guilty.
article_snippet.sent: In normal circumstances Izzy's case would never have made it to the High Court of Australia but Izzy fate has taken an unusual twist due to the manner in which the local council made in administrative decision  for Izzy to be put down.
article_snippet.sent: As discussed late last week, I can confirm that Izzy.' '
article_snippet.sent: During the panel hearing, which took place on 30 September, 2013, at Knox Civil Centre, one of the people on the panel was the same council officer who brought the charges against Izzy's owner Ms Isbester.
article_snippet.sent: The team of barristers fighting Izzy's case from the Barristers Animal Welfare Panel, including Richard Kendall QC and Andrew Felkel, is now challenging the decision that the Barristers Animal Welfare Panel came to  based on administrative law grounds. '
article_snippet.sent: Victoria's highest court first upheld the decision to destroy Izzy on September 10, 2014, but the barristers have now been granted Special Leave permission to appeal to the High Court of Australia.