ANZ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 1293
The Tribunal’s findings regarding laws of general application relating to dress codes and enforcement, and its reliance on country information concerning persecution of returned asylum seekers, were open to it and did not involve jurisdictional error. The Federal Circuit Court did not err in rejecting the appeal on those grounds.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 08 November 2017
- Procedural Posture
- Appeal / Final Judgment
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- ['protection Visas' 'judicial Review' 'persecution for Convention Reasons' 'country Information and Evidence' 'laws of General Application']
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Procedural Posture
Appeal / Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 ["Whether the Tribunal properly considered whether appellant's manner of dress and tattoo gave rise to a well-founded fear of persecution for a Convention reason" "Whether the Tribunal's finding that there was not a real chance of persecution as a returned asylum seeker was open on the evidence or affected by jurisdictional error"]
Ratio Decidendi
The Tribunal’s findings regarding laws of general application relating to dress codes and enforcement, and its reliance on country information concerning persecution of returned asylum seekers, were open to it and did not involve jurisdictional error. The Federal Circuit Court did not err in rejecting the appeal on those grounds.
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed
Orders
- ['The appeal be dismissed.']
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