DBA16 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1539

DBA16 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1539

The interlocutory application for expedition was dismissed because granting special expedition would involve acting to some degree on speculation about the passage and terms of a Bill through Parliament, the applicant still faced several procedural and substantive hurdles before obtaining the remedy sought, and listing should be addressed through the ordinary handling of the Court's business rather than by a special order designed to avoid proposed legislative amendments.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
11 October 2018
Procedural Posture
Originating Application for Relief Under S 39 B of the Judiciary Act 1903 (cth) With an Interlocutory Application to Expedite the Final Hearing / Urgent Interlocutory Application Before the General Duty Judge
Outcome
The interlocutory application filed 8 October 2018 was dismissed; the proceeding was to be referred to the National Operations Registrar for allocation to a judge's docket.
Legal Topics
['expedition of Proceedings' 'judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'extension of Time' 'anshun Estoppel' 'proposed Retrospective Legislative Validation of Port Appointment']
['administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights' 'migration Law' 'practice and Procedure'] ['expedition of Proceedings' 'judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'extension of Time' 'anshun Estoppel' 'proposed Retrospective Legislative Validation of Port Appointment']

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Procedural Posture

Originating Application for Relief Under S 39 B of the Judiciary Act 1903 (cth) With an Interlocutory Application to Expedite the Final Hearing / Urgent Interlocutory Application Before the General Duty Judge

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the final hearing of the proceeding should be expedited and listed at the Court's earliest convenience because a Bill before Parliament may retrospectively validate the relevant port appointment." 'Whether the Court should take account of proposed legislative amendments when exercising a discretionary power to expedite a proceeding.' "Whether the applicant's earlier expedition in the Federal Circuit Court justified expedition in this fresh Federal Court proceeding."]

Ratio Decidendi

The interlocutory application for expedition was dismissed because granting special expedition would involve acting to some degree on speculation about the passage and terms of a Bill through Parliament, the applicant still faced several procedural and substantive hurdles before obtaining the remedy sought, and listing should be addressed through the ordinary handling of the Court's business rather than by a special order designed to avoid proposed legislative amendments.

Court Disposition

The interlocutory application filed 8 October 2018 was dismissed; the proceeding was to be referred to the National Operations Registrar for allocation to a judge's docket.

Orders

  • ['The applicant is to file and serve submissions not exceeding ten pages by 4.00pm, 11 October 2018.' 'The first respondent is to file and serve submissions not exceeding ten pages by 4.00pm, 18 October 2018.' 'The interlocutory application filed 8 October 2018 is dismissed.' 'Liberty to apply.' 'The costs of the...