SZVJQ v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 139

SZVJQ v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 139

Leave to appeal was refused and the application dismissed because the proposed grounds either stated facts, challenged the merits of the Tribunal's decision, relied on material not before the Tribunal, repeated complaints properly rejected by the primary judge, or disclosed no error by the primary judge. The applicant did not establish sufficient doubt about the correctness of the Federal Circuit Court judgment or substantial injustice if leave were refused.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
24 February 2016
Procedural Posture
Migration Application for Leave to Appeal From an Interlocutory Federal Circuit Court Judgment Dismissing Judicial Review of a Protection Visa Refusal / Federal Court Application for Leave to Appeal
Outcome
Application dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'refugee Criterion' 'complementary Protection' 'falun Gong Claims' 'credibility Findings' 'jurisdictional Error' 'leave to Appeal' 'interlocutory Judgment']
['migration' 'administrative Law' 'judicial Review'] ['protection Visa' 'refugee Criterion' 'complementary Protection' 'falun Gong Claims' 'credibility Findings' 'jurisdictional Error' 'leave to Appeal' 'interlocutory Judgment']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Application for Leave to Appeal From an Interlocutory Federal Circuit Court Judgment Dismissing Judicial Review of a Protection Visa Refusal / Federal Court Application for Leave to Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether leave to appeal should be granted from the Federal Circuit Court's interlocutory dismissal of the judicial review application." "Whether the primary judge erred in finding that the Tribunal's credibility findings and treatment of evidence were open on the material before it." "Whether the applicant's complaints about Chinese law, photographs, statements, alleged unfairness, bias, and inability to afford a lawyer disclosed error by the primary judge or jurisdictional error by the Tribunal."]

Ratio Decidendi

Leave to appeal was refused and the application dismissed because the proposed grounds either stated facts, challenged the merits of the Tribunal's decision, relied on material not before the Tribunal, repeated complaints properly rejected by the primary judge, or disclosed no error by the primary judge. The applicant did not establish sufficient doubt about the correctness of the Federal Circuit Court judgment or substantial injustice if leave were refused.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The application be dismissed.' "The applicants pay the first respondent's costs as agreed or taxed."]