SZDPO & Ors v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] FCA 566

SZDPO & Ors v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] FCA 566

Because the applicants had already unsuccessfully challenged the Refugee Review Tribunal decision before the Federal Magistrates Court, the Federal Court and in a special leave application to the High Court, their further application merely re-agitated matters that were or might have been raised earlier and was properly dismissed as an abuse of process; no ground was shown for leave to appeal.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
05 May 2006
Procedural Posture
Application for Leave to Appeal / Application for Leave to Appeal From a Federal Magistrate's Decision Dismissing an Application as an Abuse of Process
Outcome
Application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs fixed at $1000.00.
Legal Topics
['protection Visas' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'abuse of Process' 'leave to Appeal']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law' 'civil Procedure'] ['protection Visas' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'abuse of Process' 'leave to Appeal']

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Procedural Posture

Application for Leave to Appeal / Application for Leave to Appeal From a Federal Magistrate's Decision Dismissing an Application as an Abuse of Process

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether leave to appeal should be granted from the Federal Magistrate's dismissal of the application as an abuse of process" "Whether the applicants' further application merely sought to re-agitate matters that were or might have been raised in earlier proceedings"]

Ratio Decidendi

Because the applicants had already unsuccessfully challenged the Refugee Review Tribunal decision before the Federal Magistrates Court, the Federal Court and in a special leave application to the High Court, their further application merely re-agitated matters that were or might have been raised earlier and was properly dismissed as an abuse of process; no ground was shown for leave to appeal.

Court Disposition

Application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs fixed at $1000.00.

Orders

  • ['The application for leave to appeal be dismissed.' "The applicant pay the first respondent's costs fixed at $1000.00."]