Godman v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 331

Godman v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 331

The application was dismissed because the applicant identified no grounds of review, made no submissions, and the Court, after reviewing the materials, found no reviewable error in the Tribunal's decision. The Tribunal's finding that the applicant had fabricated his claims was open on the material before it.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
21 March 2001
Procedural Posture
Application for Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Concerning a Protection Visa / Final Judgment on Application Under S 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (cth)
Outcome
Application dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['protection Visas' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'judicial Review' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'credibility Findings']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visas' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'judicial Review' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'credibility Findings']

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Procedural Posture

Application for Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Concerning a Protection Visa / Final Judgment on Application Under S 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (cth)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the applicant identified any grounds of review of the Refugee Review Tribunal's decision under s 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)." "Whether the Tribunal's adverse credibility findings and conclusion that the applicant was not a refugee disclosed any reviewable error."]

Ratio Decidendi

The application was dismissed because the applicant identified no grounds of review, made no submissions, and the Court, after reviewing the materials, found no reviewable error in the Tribunal's decision. The Tribunal's finding that the applicant had fabricated his claims was open on the material before it.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The application be dismissed.' "The applicant pay the respondent's costs."]