AVC15 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 1356
The application for extension of time was dismissed because the applicant failed to show that procedural fairness was denied in a way that caused practical injustice or could have affected the outcome, as the documents subject to the s 438 certificate were irrelevant to the Tribunal's determination.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 23 August 2019
- Procedural Posture
- Application for Extension of Time to Appeal / Dismissal of Application for Extension of Time
- Outcome
- Application dismissed
- Legal Topics
- ['procedural Fairness' 'extension of Time' 'jurisdictional Error' 'public Interest Immunity']
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Procedural Posture
Application for Extension of Time to Appeal / Dismissal of Application for Extension of Time
Legal Issues
- 1 ["Whether there was a denial of procedural fairness by failing to allow the applicant to be heard as to the relevance of a s 438 certificate and related documents to the Tribunal's decision" 'Whether the failure to disclose the certificate amounted to jurisdictional error' 'Whether an extension of time should be granted given the merits of the proposed appeal']
Ratio Decidendi
The application for extension of time was dismissed because the applicant failed to show that procedural fairness was denied in a way that caused practical injustice or could have affected the outcome, as the documents subject to the s 438 certificate were irrelevant to the Tribunal's determination.
Court Disposition
Application dismissed
Orders
- ['The application be dismissed.' "The applicant pay the first respondent's costs."]
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