CGX20 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (No 2) [2020] FCA 1842

CGX20 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (No 2) [2020] FCA 1842

The Tribunal did not take into account any irrelevant consideration in a way amounting to jurisdictional error or engage in prohibited double counting; its findings and reasoning on the applicant's contact with children, the impact of removal, and the use of the unfair conduct by his ex-wife were not unreasonable, illogical or irrational. The application for judicial review must therefore be dismissed.

Parties
Applicant: CGX20; First Respondent: Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs; Second Respondent: Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
22 December 2020
Procedural Posture
Migration Judicial Review / Judgment Following Final Hearing
Outcome
Application dismissed
Legal Topics
Visa Cancellation, Revocation of Visa Cancellation, Ministerial Directions, Unreasonableness, Relevant and Irrelevant Considerations, Children’s Best Interests
Administrative Law Migration Law Judicial Review Visa Cancellation Revocation of Visa Cancellation Ministerial Directions Unreasonableness Relevant and Irrelevant Considerations +1 more

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Parties

CGX20

Applicant

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs

First Respondent

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Second Respondent

Procedural Posture

Migration Judicial Review / Judgment Following Final Hearing

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the Tribunal erred by taking into account irrelevant considerations under Direction 79 by double counting factors already considered under Primary Consideration A
  2. 2 Whether the Tribunal's decision was unreasonable, illogical or irrational in relation to findings on contact with children, impact of removal, and use of children in parental dispute

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal did not take into account any irrelevant consideration in a way amounting to jurisdictional error or engage in prohibited double counting; its findings and reasoning on the applicant's contact with children, the impact of removal, and the use of the unfair conduct by his ex-wife were not unreasonable, illogical or irrational. The application for judicial review must therefore be dismissed.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed

Orders

  • The name and citation of the judgment of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal appealed from be redacted from the first page of the published version of this judgment.
  • The application is dismissed.