Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFWCitation:[2018] HCA 30Before:Kiefel CJ, Gageler, Nettle, Gordon, Edelman JJDate:08 Aug 2018Case Number:S244/2017Read more

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFWCitation:[2018] HCA 30Before:Kiefel CJ, Gageler, Nettle, Gordon, Edelman JJDate:08 Aug 2018Case Number:S244/2017Read more

The Tribunal's decision to proceed in the absence of the respondents was not legally unreasonable as it was empowered by s 426A(1) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), and the principles in House v The King do not strictly apply to appeals from judicial review decisions on legal unreasonableness.

Parties
Appellant: Appellant; Respondent: First Respondent; Respondent: Second Respondent
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
08 August 2018
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment
Outcome
appeal allowed
Legal Topics
Refugee Review, Judicial Review, Legal Unreasonableness, Standard of Appellate Review

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Parties

Appellant

Appellant

First Respondent

Respondent

Second Respondent

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment

  1. 1 Whether the Tribunal's decision to proceed in the absence of the respondents was legally unreasonable
  2. 2 Whether the principles in House v The King apply to appeals from decisions on judicial review that an administrative decision is legally unreasonable

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal's decision to proceed in the absence of the respondents was not legally unreasonable as it was empowered by s 426A(1) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), and the principles in House v The King do not strictly apply to appeals from judicial review decisions on legal unreasonableness.

Court Disposition

appeal allowed

Orders

  • Appeal allowed
  • Orders of the Full Court of the Federal Court set aside