EBP19 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 332

EBP19 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 332

The IAA did not properly consider, as required by s 473DD of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), whether the new information could not have been provided earlier or was credible personal information that may have affected consideration of the claim, before moving to whether exceptional circumstances existed. This constituted a jurisdictional error material to the outcome. The appeal was allowed and the decision remitted for reconsideration by the IAA in accordance with law.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
08 April 2021
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From Federal Circuit Court, Judicial Review of IAA Decision
Outcome
Appeal allowed
Legal Topics
['judicial Review of Migration Decisions' 'jurisdictional Error' 'procedural Fairness' 'consideration of New Information Under Migration Act']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['judicial Review of Migration Decisions' 'jurisdictional Error' 'procedural Fairness' 'consideration of New Information Under Migration Act']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From Federal Circuit Court, Judicial Review of IAA Decision

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the IAA committed jurisdictional error by failing to properly consider s 473DD(b)(i) or (ii) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) when ruling on new information' 'Whether the IAA misapplied the statutory preconditions for considering new information']

Ratio Decidendi

The IAA did not properly consider, as required by s 473DD of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), whether the new information could not have been provided earlier or was credible personal information that may have affected consideration of the claim, before moving to whether exceptional circumstances existed. This constituted a jurisdictional error material to the outcome. The appeal was allowed and the decision remitted for reconsideration by the IAA in accordance with law.

Court Disposition

Appeal allowed

Orders

  • ['The appeal is allowed.' 'The orders of the Federal Circuit Court (the FCC) made on 3 June 2020 are set aside.' "A writ of certiorari be issued quashing the affirmation by Immigration Assessment Authority (the IAA) on 16 September 2019 of the decision of the Minister's delegate to refuse the Appellants'...