DPS17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 754

DPS17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 754

The Tribunal did not err or fail to address any basis of feared harm; it considered both informal and formal access to the appellant's children and the possible risk of violence from her ex-husband, ultimately finding no real chance of serious harm. Therefore, there was no jurisdictional error, and the appeal could not succeed.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
27 May 2019
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment After Hearing on Appeal From Federal Circuit Court
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
['protection Visas' 'judicial Review' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'domestic Violence' 'particular Social Group']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment After Hearing on Appeal From Federal Circuit Court

  1. 1 ['Whether the Tribunal failed to consider all bases on which the appellant feared harm, particularly violence from her ex-husband if seeking access to her children without legal proceedings' 'Whether the Tribunal completed the exercise of its jurisdiction regarding harm feared by the appellant']

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal did not err or fail to address any basis of feared harm; it considered both informal and formal access to the appellant's children and the possible risk of violence from her ex-husband, ultimately finding no real chance of serious harm. Therefore, there was no jurisdictional error, and the appeal could not succeed.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed

Orders

  • ['Leave to file a further amended notice of appeal be refused.' 'The appeal be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs."]