ACZ15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 105

ACZ15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 105

The proposed amended ground had no prospects of success because the single 2007 checkpoint incident involving the appellant's emergency passport did not provide a basis for a well-founded fear of persecution or substantial grounds for believing that return to Sri Lanka would create a real risk of significant harm; the appellant had other identification documents, there was no apparent reason he could not obtain appropriate documentation, and the incident was resolved and not shown likely to recur. As no other ground was prosecuted, the appeal was dismissed.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
16 February 2016
Procedural Posture
Appeal From a Decision of the Federal Circuit Court Dismissing an Application for Review of a Decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal / Application to Amend Notice of Appeal and Appeal
Outcome
Application to amend the notice of appeal refused; appeal dismissed.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'jurisdictional Error' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'complementary Protection' 'notice of Appeal Amendment']
['administrative Law' 'migration Law' 'refugee Law'] ['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'jurisdictional Error' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'complementary Protection' 'notice of Appeal Amendment']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal From a Decision of the Federal Circuit Court Dismissing an Application for Review of a Decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal / Application to Amend Notice of Appeal and Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the appellant should be permitted to amend the notice of appeal to allege that the Federal Circuit Court and the Tribunal failed to address his claimed fear of serious harm or death in Sri Lanka because he would have no official Sri Lankan identity document.' "Whether the incident involving the appellant's emergency passport at a checkpoint in 2007 provided a basis for a well-founded fear of persecution or substantial grounds for believing there was a real risk of significant harm on return to Sri Lanka." 'Whether the appeal should be dismissed where the proposed amended ground had no prospects of success and no other ground was prosecuted.']

Ratio Decidendi

The proposed amended ground had no prospects of success because the single 2007 checkpoint incident involving the appellant's emergency passport did not provide a basis for a well-founded fear of persecution or substantial grounds for believing that return to Sri Lanka would create a real risk of significant harm; the appellant had other identification documents, there was no apparent reason he could not obtain appropriate documentation, and the incident was resolved and not shown likely to recur. As no other ground was prosecuted, the appeal was dismissed.

Court Disposition

Application to amend the notice of appeal refused; appeal dismissed.

Orders

  • ['the application to amend the notice of appeal be refused' 'the appeal be dismissed']