BDR18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCA 212

BDR18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCA 212

None of the grounds advanced by the appellant established error by the IAA; the claim at issue was not clearly or squarely raised before the delegate or the IAA and was correctly treated as new information; the IAA was under no legal obligation to invite further comment on potential inconsistencies; and alleged failures under ss 473DD(a) and 473DE(1) were not substantiated, nor should leave be granted to raise new grounds not advanced below.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
26 February 2020
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From Federal Circuit Court
Outcome
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['judicial Review' 'visa Refusal' 'new Information' 'jurisdictional Error' 'reasonableness' 'section 473 Dc/473 DD Migration Act']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['judicial Review' 'visa Refusal' 'new Information' 'jurisdictional Error' 'reasonableness' 'section 473 Dc/473 DD Migration Act']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From Federal Circuit Court

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the IAA failed to consider a claim raised clearly or squarely on the material before it, amounting to jurisdictional error' 'Whether the IAA erred in not exercising its power under s 473DC(3) to invite comment on inconsistencies in evidence' 'Whether the IAA failed to comply with ss 473DD(a) and 473DE(1) of the Migration Act']

Ratio Decidendi

None of the grounds advanced by the appellant established error by the IAA; the claim at issue was not clearly or squarely raised before the delegate or the IAA and was correctly treated as new information; the IAA was under no legal obligation to invite further comment on potential inconsistencies; and alleged failures under ss 473DD(a) and 473DE(1) were not substantiated, nor should leave be granted to raise new grounds not advanced below.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed with costs.']