DNN17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (No 2) [2019] FCA 296

DNN17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (No 2) [2019] FCA 296

None of the appellant's grounds, whether original or new, established jurisdictional error or procedural unfairness in the Immigration Assessment Authority's review or its reasoning. The Authority complied with the statutory scheme including rejection of new evidence per s 473DD; its factual findings were open, reasonable, and not based on guesswork; practice directions did not restrict appellant unfairly; the Immigrants and Emigrants Act 1949 (Sri Lanka) was correctly characterised; and procedural fairness was not denied.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
08 March 2019
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment
Outcome
appeal dismissed with costs
Legal Topics
['safe Haven Enterprise Visa' 'immigration Assessment Authority Review' 'procedural Fairness' 'jurisdictional Error' 'new Evidence' 'practice Directions']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['safe Haven Enterprise Visa' 'immigration Assessment Authority Review' 'procedural Fairness' 'jurisdictional Error' 'new Evidence' 'practice Directions']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the Immigration Assessment Authority took into account all probative evidence' 'Whether adverse credibility findings were made in error' 'Whether appellant was denied procedural fairness' 'Whether the Immigration Assessment Authority failed to carry out its statutory duty' 'Whether Immigrants and Emigrants Act 1949 (Sri Lanka) is a law of general application' 'Whether practice direction limiting length of submissions is invalid']

Ratio Decidendi

None of the appellant's grounds, whether original or new, established jurisdictional error or procedural unfairness in the Immigration Assessment Authority's review or its reasoning. The Authority complied with the statutory scheme including rejection of new evidence per s 473DD; its factual findings were open, reasonable, and not based on guesswork; practice directions did not restrict appellant unfairly; the Immigrants and Emigrants Act 1949 (Sri Lanka) was correctly characterised; and procedural fairness was not denied.

Court Disposition

appeal dismissed with costs

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed with costs.']