BKB16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 1019

BKB16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 1019

The appeal was dismissed because the appellant identified no error in the primary judge's conclusions. The material did not show that the Tribunal's decision was affected by actual or apprehended bias. The matters relied on for procedural unfairness did not establish non-compliance with s 424A of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), because the relevant country information was excluded by s 424A(3)(a), inconsistencies in the appellant's evidence were not information for s 424A(1), any delegate material did not found an obligation and was in any event supplied by the appellant, matters concerning the mother's age and education chronology were provided by the appellant or in the process below, and...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
04 August 2017
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court of Australia / Appeal From Dismissal of an Application for Judicial Review
Outcome
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa Refusal' 'judicial Review' 'actual Bias' 'apprehended Bias' 'procedural Fairness' 'natural Justice' 'section 424 a Information Obligations']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa Refusal' 'judicial Review' 'actual Bias' 'apprehended Bias' 'procedural Fairness' 'natural Justice' 'section 424 a Information Obligations']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court of Australia / Appeal From Dismissal of an Application for Judicial Review

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the primary judge erred in failing to find that the Tribunal decision was affected by actual or apprehended bias.' 'Whether the primary judge erred in failing to find that the appellant was denied procedural fairness.' "Whether the Tribunal was required by s 424A of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to provide particulars of country information, inconsistencies, an extract from the delegate's decision, the appellant's mother's age, education chronology, or relocation options." "Whether the appellant established any appealable error in the Federal Circuit Court's decision."]

Ratio Decidendi

The appeal was dismissed because the appellant identified no error in the primary judge's conclusions. The material did not show that the Tribunal's decision was affected by actual or apprehended bias. The matters relied on for procedural unfairness did not establish non-compliance with s 424A of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), because the relevant country information was excluded by s 424A(3)(a), inconsistencies in the appellant's evidence were not information for s 424A(1), any delegate material did not found an obligation and was in any event supplied by the appellant, matters concerning the mother's age and education chronology were provided by the appellant or in the process below, and...

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs of the appeal."]