Applicant S1599/2003 v Refugee Review Tribunal [2003] FCA 1607

The application was dismissed because the applicant had voluntarily departed Australia and no useful purpose would be served by maintaining the application on the record.

Parties: Applicant: APPLICANT S1599/2003; First Respondent: REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL; Second Respondent: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 27 October 2003
Procedural Posture: Judicial Review / Final Judgment
Outcome: application dismissed
Legal Topics: Judicial Review of Tribunal Decisions, Costs

Administrative Law Migration Law Judicial Review of Tribunal Decisions Costs

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Parties

APPLICANT S1599/2003

Applicant

REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL

First Respondent

MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

Second Respondent

Procedural Posture

Judicial Review / Final Judgment

Legal Issues

1 Whether the application should remain on the record after the applicant voluntarily departed Australia

Ratio Decidendi

The application was dismissed because the applicant had voluntarily departed Australia and no useful purpose would be served by maintaining the application on the record.

Court Disposition

application dismissed

Orders

the application be dismissed
the applicant pay the second respondent's costs