SZUEK v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 114

SZUEK v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 114

The applicant's ignorance of the filing time limit was not an acceptable explanation, although the delay was short and the Minister did not assert prejudice. After reviewing the Tribunal's Statement of Decision and Reasons and the primary judge's reasons, the Court accepted the Minister's submissions and found no factual or jurisdictional error by the Tribunal and no appealable error by the primary judge. The draft appeal grounds had no merit and no substantial injustice would result from dismissing the application.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
23 February 2015
Procedural Posture
Migration Application for Extension of Time and Leave to Appeal / Application for Extension of Time to Seek Leave to Appeal and for Leave to Appeal From a Federal Circuit Court Decision Dismissing Judicial Review
Outcome
Application dismissed with costs payable by the applicants to the first respondent as agreed or taxed.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'judicial Review' 'extension of Time' 'leave to Appeal' 'credibility Findings' 'jurisdictional Error']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'judicial Review' 'extension of Time' 'leave to Appeal' 'credibility Findings' 'jurisdictional Error']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Application for Extension of Time and Leave to Appeal / Application for Extension of Time to Seek Leave to Appeal and for Leave to Appeal From a Federal Circuit Court Decision Dismissing Judicial Review

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the applicants should be granted an extension of time to seek leave to appeal.' "Whether leave to appeal should be granted from the Federal Circuit Court's interlocutory dismissal of the judicial review application." 'Whether the Tribunal acted unreasonably or failed to consider persecution and harm under s 91R of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).' 'Whether the primary judge made appealable error by dismissing the judicial review application.']

Ratio Decidendi

The applicant's ignorance of the filing time limit was not an acceptable explanation, although the delay was short and the Minister did not assert prejudice. After reviewing the Tribunal's Statement of Decision and Reasons and the primary judge's reasons, the Court accepted the Minister's submissions and found no factual or jurisdictional error by the Tribunal and no appealable error by the primary judge. The draft appeal grounds had no merit and no substantial injustice would result from dismissing the application.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed with costs payable by the applicants to the first respondent as agreed or taxed.

Orders

  • ['The application is dismissed.' 'The applicants pay the costs of the first respondent as agreed or taxed.']