CLW16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 299

CLW16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 299

Leave to amend the notice of appeal was refused as the proposed grounds relating to extortion as persecution and threats by Muslim men lacked merit, were either not properly raised or fully explained in terms of Convention reason, and did not demonstrate jurisdictional error by the FCCA or IAA. The appeal was therefore dismissed.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
15 March 2018
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment on Application for Leave to Amend Notice of Appeal and Appeal Disposition
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
['judicial Review' 'protection Visa' 'refugee Status' 'amendment of Notice of Appeal' 'federal Court Procedure']
['administrative Law' 'migration Law' 'human Rights'] ['judicial Review' 'protection Visa' 'refugee Status' 'amendment of Notice of Appeal' 'federal Court Procedure']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment on Application for Leave to Amend Notice of Appeal and Appeal Disposition

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether leave should be granted to amend the notice of appeal' 'Whether the Immigration Assessment Authority failed to consider if extortion constituted persecution for a Convention reason' 'Whether the Federal Circuit Court judge erred in concluding that possible threats by Muslim men did not amount to persecution']

Ratio Decidendi

Leave to amend the notice of appeal was refused as the proposed grounds relating to extortion as persecution and threats by Muslim men lacked merit, were either not properly raised or fully explained in terms of Convention reason, and did not demonstrate jurisdictional error by the FCCA or IAA. The appeal was therefore dismissed.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed

Orders

  • ['Leave to amend the notice of appeal refused.' 'The appeal is dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs of the appeal."]