DEO17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1174

DEO17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1174

The Tribunal expressly found that the appellant would engage in evangelical life and activities to the extent his abilities allowed and that he would not need to alter his behaviour to avoid persecution in Vietnam. Those findings were based on the appellant's evidence about what he proposed to do if returned and relevant country information, not merely on past conduct or present state. The findings were rational, intelligible and reasonably open, so the primary judge did not err in rejecting the claims of failure to engage in an active intellectual process and legal unreasonableness.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
10 August 2018
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal From a Federal Circuit Court Judicial Review Decision Concerning Refusal of a Protection Visa / Appeal in the Federal Court of Australia; Application for Extension of Time
Outcome
Application for extension of time allowed; appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'judicial Review' 'administrative Appeals Tribunal' 'religious Persecution' 'legal Unreasonableness' 'active Intellectual Process']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa' 'judicial Review' 'administrative Appeals Tribunal' 'religious Persecution' 'legal Unreasonableness' 'active Intellectual Process']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal From a Federal Circuit Court Judicial Review Decision Concerning Refusal of a Protection Visa / Appeal in the Federal Court of Australia; Application for Extension of Time

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the primary judge erred in holding that the Administrative Appeals Tribunal gave proper, genuine and realistic consideration to whether the appellant would need to modify his religious activities upon return to Vietnam.' 'Whether the primary judge erred in holding that the Administrative Appeals Tribunal had not made a legally unreasonable finding of fact about whether the appellant would need to modify his religious conduct in Vietnam.']

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal expressly found that the appellant would engage in evangelical life and activities to the extent his abilities allowed and that he would not need to alter his behaviour to avoid persecution in Vietnam. Those findings were based on the appellant's evidence about what he proposed to do if returned and relevant country information, not merely on past conduct or present state. The findings were rational, intelligible and reasonably open, so the primary judge did not err in rejecting the claims of failure to engage in an active intellectual process and legal unreasonableness.

Court Disposition

Application for extension of time allowed; appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The application for an extension of time is allowed.' 'The appeal be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs, as agreed or assessed."]