BGL16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 1609

BGL16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 1609

The application for extension of time was refused because the proposed appeal ground lacked merit; the Tribunal's decision did not lack intelligible justification, having provided clear reasoning for its conclusions, and the Federal Circuit Court did not err in dismissing the application for judicial review.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
27 September 2019
Procedural Posture
Application for Extension of Time to Appeal / Hearing and Judgment on Application for Extension of Time
Outcome
Application for extension of time to appeal refused with costs
Legal Topics
['extension of Time' 'judicial Review' 'legal Unreasonableness' 'jurisdictional Error']
['migration Law' 'practice and Procedure'] ['extension of Time' 'judicial Review' 'legal Unreasonableness' 'jurisdictional Error']

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Procedural Posture

Application for Extension of Time to Appeal / Hearing and Judgment on Application for Extension of Time

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Federal Circuit Court erred in failing to find jurisdictional error in the Tribunal's decision by reason of lack of 'intelligible justification' for the Tribunal's conclusions regarding the applicant's refugee profile and risk of harm" 'Whether the applicant should be granted an extension of time to appeal given the delay and merits of the proposed appeal']

Ratio Decidendi

The application for extension of time was refused because the proposed appeal ground lacked merit; the Tribunal's decision did not lack intelligible justification, having provided clear reasoning for its conclusions, and the Federal Circuit Court did not err in dismissing the application for judicial review.

Court Disposition

Application for extension of time to appeal refused with costs

Orders

  • ['The application for an extension of time within which to appeal be refused.' "The applicant pay the first respondent's costs to be agreed or taxed."]