ANC18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1878

ANC18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1878

The appeal was dismissed because the primary judge's refusal of the adjournment was a course properly open in circumstances where the appellant had known of the proceedings, the adjournment application was unsupported by evidence, the judge was not persuaded further funds would be received, and the judge was entitled to consider the poor prospects of the claimed grounds of jurisdictional error. The appellant was not denied procedural fairness, the primary judge's adverse preliminary view of the merits did not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias, and the delayed publication of written reasons did not amount to error in the circumstances because ex tempore reasons had been given...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
27 November 2018
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Concerning Judicial Review Under S 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (cth) of an Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of a Protection Visa / Appeal to the Federal Court of Australia
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
['protection Visa Refusal' 'judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'adjournment' 'procedural Fairness' 'apprehended Bias' 'reasons for Judgment']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law' 'constitutional Law' 'civil Procedure'] ['protection Visa Refusal' 'judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'adjournment' 'procedural Fairness' 'apprehended Bias' 'reasons for Judgment']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Concerning Judicial Review Under S 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (cth) of an Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of a Protection Visa / Appeal to the Federal Court of Australia

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Federal Circuit Court erred in refusing the appellant's oral application for an adjournment to obtain legal representation" 'Whether refusal of the adjournment denied the appellant procedural fairness' "Whether the primary judge's consideration of the merits when refusing the adjournment gave rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias by pre-judgment" "Whether late publication of written reasons amounted to error limiting the appellant's appeal rights"]

Ratio Decidendi

The appeal was dismissed because the primary judge's refusal of the adjournment was a course properly open in circumstances where the appellant had known of the proceedings, the adjournment application was unsupported by evidence, the judge was not persuaded further funds would be received, and the judge was entitled to consider the poor prospects of the claimed grounds of jurisdictional error. The appellant was not denied procedural fairness, the primary judge's adverse preliminary view of the merits did not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias, and the delayed publication of written reasons did not amount to error in the circumstances because ex tempore reasons had been given...

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed

Orders

  • ['The application be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs of the appeal, to be assessed in default of agreement."]