ACM15 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 217

ACM15 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 217

The Tribunal did not commit jurisdictional error or fail in its duty by not separately considering whether the appellant would carry out future complaints against the police upon return to Sri Lanka, as the material before the Tribunal did not clearly articulate such a claim and any such claim was subsumed in the Tribunal's findings rejecting harm following past complaints.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
26 February 2019
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Appeal Judgment
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
['judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'refugee Status Determination' 'procedural Fairness']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Appeal Judgment

  1. 1 ['Whether the Tribunal failed to consider a claim that the appellant would face future harm if he continued to complain about police conduct upon return to Sri Lanka' 'Whether the Tribunal applied the correct legal test in assessing future harm for reasons of imputed political opinion']

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal did not commit jurisdictional error or fail in its duty by not separately considering whether the appellant would carry out future complaints against the police upon return to Sri Lanka, as the material before the Tribunal did not clearly articulate such a claim and any such claim was subsumed in the Tribunal's findings rejecting harm following past complaints.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs of the appeal, as agreed or assessed."]