CDH16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 668

CDH16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 668

The appeal was allowed because the Immigration Assessment Authority materially misunderstood the appellant's evidence by treating him as having stated that he had tribal ties in Nasiriyah, and that misunderstanding was central to its reasoning that he could reasonably relocate there. The Authority also failed to substantively consider material submissions directly responsive to the delegate's finding that the appellant would have familial or tribal connections in Nasiriyah. Those errors amounted to jurisdictional error, and the Federal Circuit Court erred in not so finding.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
14 May 2018
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal Concerning Refusal of a Safe Haven Enterprise Visa and Judicial Review of an Immigration Assessment Authority Decision / Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Outcome
Appeal allowed.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'safe Haven Enterprise Visa' 'fast Track Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'illogical or Irrational Fact Finding' 'failure to Consider Submissions' 'internal Relocation' 'certiorari' 'mandamus']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa' 'safe Haven Enterprise Visa' 'fast Track Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'illogical or Irrational Fact Finding' 'failure to Consider Submissions' 'internal Relocation' 'certiorari' 'mandamus']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal Concerning Refusal of a Safe Haven Enterprise Visa and Judicial Review of an Immigration Assessment Authority Decision / Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court of Australia

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the Federal Circuit Court erred in failing to find jurisdictional error where the Immigration Assessment Authority stated that the appellant had said in his protection visa interview that he had tribal ties in Nasiriyah.' "Whether the Immigration Assessment Authority fundamentally misunderstood the appellant's evidence about tribal ties in Nasiriyah and relied on that misunderstanding in assessing internal relocation." 'Whether the Immigration Assessment Authority failed to consider and determine material submissions that the appellant had no familial or tribal connections in southern Iraq or outside Baghdad.' 'Whether the Immigration Assessment Authority erred by failing to consider alleged new information under s 473DD of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).' 'Whether the Federal Circuit Court constructively failed to exercise jurisdiction or gave insufficient reasons in dismissing the second ground before it.']

Ratio Decidendi

The appeal was allowed because the Immigration Assessment Authority materially misunderstood the appellant's evidence by treating him as having stated that he had tribal ties in Nasiriyah, and that misunderstanding was central to its reasoning that he could reasonably relocate there. The Authority also failed to substantively consider material submissions directly responsive to the delegate's finding that the appellant would have familial or tribal connections in Nasiriyah. Those errors amounted to jurisdictional error, and the Federal Circuit Court erred in not so finding.

Court Disposition

Appeal allowed.

Orders

  • ['The appeal is allowed.' "The First Respondent pay the Appellant's costs of the appeal as agreed or assessed." 'The orders made by the Federal Circuit Court of Australia on 22 May 2017 be set aside.' 'Order absolute in the first instance for a writ of certiorari to remove into the Court for the purpose of its being...