BLU18 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 706

BLU18 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 706

Leave to rely on the proposed new ground was refused because the ground had insufficient prospects of success and it was not in the interests of justice to permit it to be advanced. DPI17 was distinguishable: the delegate in this case did not clearly accept the sexual assault claim on the basis of demeanour, did not address the significant inconsistencies later relied on by the IAA, and the IAA had an independent evidentiary basis for rejecting the claim based on inconsistencies in the wife's accounts, inconsistencies between the wife and husband's accounts, and the late disclosure of the claim. The appellants also failed to establish that the IAA did not consider exercising its power...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
25 May 2020
Procedural Posture
Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Concerning a Fast Track Reviewable Migration Decision and Refusal of Safe Haven Enterprise Visas / Application for Leave to Rely on a New Ground of Appeal and Appeal in the Federal Court of Australia
Outcome
Application for leave to rely on a new ground of appeal dismissed; appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['fast Track Reviewable Decision' 'safe Haven Enterprise Visas' 'immigration Assessment Authority' 'jurisdictional Error' 'legal Unreasonableness' 'new Information Under S 473 DC of the Migration Act 1958 (cth)' 'application to Raise New Ground on Appeal']
['migration' 'administrative Law'] ['fast Track Reviewable Decision' 'safe Haven Enterprise Visas' 'immigration Assessment Authority' 'jurisdictional Error' 'legal Unreasonableness' 'new Information Under S 473 DC of the Migration Act 1958 (cth)' 'application to Raise New Ground on Appeal']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Concerning a Fast Track Reviewable Migration Decision and Refusal of Safe Haven Enterprise Visas / Application for Leave to Rely on a New Ground of Appeal and Appeal in the Federal Court of Australia

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the appellants should be granted leave to rely on a new ground of appeal not permitted in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia.' 'Whether the Immigration Assessment Authority made a jurisdictional error by failing to consider or exercise its power under s 473DC of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to interview the second appellant regarding her claims of sexual assault.' 'Whether any failure by the Immigration Assessment Authority to invite the second appellant to give new information was legally unreasonable in light of DPI17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 43; 366 ALR 665.' "Whether the absence of reference to s 473DC in the Immigration Assessment Authority's reasons supported an inference that the Authority failed to consider exercising that power."]

Ratio Decidendi

Leave to rely on the proposed new ground was refused because the ground had insufficient prospects of success and it was not in the interests of justice to permit it to be advanced. DPI17 was distinguishable: the delegate in this case did not clearly accept the sexual assault claim on the basis of demeanour, did not address the significant inconsistencies later relied on by the IAA, and the IAA had an independent evidentiary basis for rejecting the claim based on inconsistencies in the wife's accounts, inconsistencies between the wife and husband's accounts, and the late disclosure of the claim. The appellants also failed to establish that the IAA did not consider exercising its power...

Court Disposition

Application for leave to rely on a new ground of appeal dismissed; appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The application for leave to rely on a new ground of appeal, and the appeal, be dismissed.' "The appellants pay the first respondent's costs of the appeal."]