DTF17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (No 2) [2020] FCA 383

DTF17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (No 2) [2020] FCA 383

The applicant did not establish jurisdictional error by the Federal Circuit Court. The complaint about non-publication of reasons was overtaken when written reasons were published, and late publication caused no procedural unfairness because no appeal lay from the s 477(2) decision and no practical adverse consequence was shown. The s 473GB ground had not been raised before the Federal Circuit Court and, in any event, could not have succeeded: the certificate and identity assessment form were not before the Authority, the identity form was irrelevant to any adverse issue, any non-compliance was not material, and the Authority was not obliged to disclose the fact of notification under s...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
23 March 2020
Procedural Posture
Application for Constitutional Writs of Mandamus and Certiorari Under S 39 B of the Judiciary Act 1903 (cth) Seeking to Quash Orders of the Federal Circuit Court Dismissing an Extension of Time Application Under S 477(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (cth) / Final Hearing of Judicial Review Application
Outcome
Application dismissed; applicant to pay the first respondent's costs.
Legal Topics
['judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'constitutional Writs' 'extension of Time' 'procedural Fairness' 'immigration Assessment Authority' 's 473 GB Certificate' 'materiality']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law' 'constitutional Law'] ['judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'constitutional Writs' 'extension of Time' 'procedural Fairness' 'immigration Assessment Authority' 's 473 GB Certificate' 'materiality']

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Procedural Posture

Application for Constitutional Writs of Mandamus and Certiorari Under S 39 B of the Judiciary Act 1903 (cth) Seeking to Quash Orders of the Federal Circuit Court Dismissing an Extension of Time Application Under S 477(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (cth) / Final Hearing of Judicial Review Application

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Federal Circuit Court's late publication of written reasons constituted jurisdictional error or procedural unfairness." 'Whether the Federal Circuit Court committed jurisdictional error by failing to consider alleged error by the Immigration Assessment Authority concerning a s 473GB certificate.' "Whether any failure to provide or disclose the s 473GB certificate or identity assessment form was material to the Immigration Assessment Authority's decision." 'Whether the proposed judicial review grounds had sufficient merit to make an extension of time necessary in the interests of the administration of justice.']

Ratio Decidendi

The applicant did not establish jurisdictional error by the Federal Circuit Court. The complaint about non-publication of reasons was overtaken when written reasons were published, and late publication caused no procedural unfairness because no appeal lay from the s 477(2) decision and no practical adverse consequence was shown. The s 473GB ground had not been raised before the Federal Circuit Court and, in any event, could not have succeeded: the certificate and identity assessment form were not before the Authority, the identity form was irrelevant to any adverse issue, any non-compliance was not material, and the Authority was not obliged to disclose the fact of notification under s...

Court Disposition

Application dismissed; applicant to pay the first respondent's costs.

Orders

  • ['The application filed on 15 November 2018 is dismissed.' "The applicant is to pay the first respondent's costs." 'The Immigration Assessment Authority be removed as a respondent to the application.' 'The third respondent be renumbered as the second respondent and be re-styled as The Federal Circuit Court of...