BXM16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 1845

BXM16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 1845

Although the s 438 notification was invalid and the Tribunal breached procedural fairness by not disclosing the notification and the November 2014 information, the appellant did not prove materiality. The November 2014 information was substantially the same as information already identified in the delegate's reasons and in the intervention order applications, and it was clear that it came from the same person as earlier information. Disclosure could not realistically have resulted in a different Tribunal decision, so no jurisdictional error by the Tribunal was established and the Federal Circuit Court did not err in dismissing the judicial review application.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
13 November 2019
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court Dismissing Judicial Review of an Administrative Appeals Tribunal Protection Visa Decision / Appeal Judgment
Outcome
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa Refusal' 'section 438 Certificate' 'non Disclosure of Information' 'jurisdictional Error' 'materiality' 'appeal by Way of Rehearing']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law' 'procedural Fairness' 'judicial Review'] ['protection Visa Refusal' 'section 438 Certificate' 'non Disclosure of Information' 'jurisdictional Error' 'materiality' 'appeal by Way of Rehearing']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court Dismissing Judicial Review of an Administrative Appeals Tribunal Protection Visa Decision / Appeal Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Tribunal's reliance on or receipt of material covered by an invalid s 438 notification, without disclosing the notification or the November 2014 information to the appellant, involved a breach of procedural fairness." "Whether any breach of procedural fairness or invalid s 438 notification was material to the Tribunal's decision so as to amount to jurisdictional error." 'Whether the Federal Circuit Court erred in dismissing the judicial review application and in its alternative reference to refusing relief as a matter of discretion.']

Ratio Decidendi

Although the s 438 notification was invalid and the Tribunal breached procedural fairness by not disclosing the notification and the November 2014 information, the appellant did not prove materiality. The November 2014 information was substantially the same as information already identified in the delegate's reasons and in the intervention order applications, and it was clear that it came from the same person as earlier information. Disclosure could not realistically have resulted in a different Tribunal decision, so no jurisdictional error by the Tribunal was established and the Federal Circuit Court did not err in dismissing the judicial review application.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs fixed in the sum of $7,241.00."]