Ali v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2020] FCA 191

Ali v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2020] FCA 191

The application was dismissed because the applicant failed to appear at the hearing despite adequate notice, enlivening the Court's power under s 25(2B)(bb)(ii) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth). The Court was fortified in dismissing the application by the absence of apparent merit: the primary judge had not erred in finding no adequate excuse for the applicant's non-appearance before the Federal Circuit Court, no arguable jurisdictional error in the Tribunal's dismissal and confirmation decisions under ss 362B and 362C of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), and no House v The King error in refusing reinstatement. Accordingly, the proposed appeal had no prospects of success and...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
24 February 2020
Procedural Posture
Application for Extension of Time and Leave to Appeal From Dismissal of Application for Judicial Review by the Federal Circuit Court / Federal Court Hearing of Application for Extension of Time and Leave to Appeal
Outcome
Application for an extension of time and leave to appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['extension of Time to Seek Leave to Appeal' 'leave to Appeal From Interlocutory Judgment' 'dismissal for Non Appearance' 'reinstatement of Proceeding' 'judicial Review of Administrative Appeals Tribunal Migration Decision' 'partner Visa Refusal']
['migration' 'administrative Law' 'federal Civil Procedure'] ['extension of Time to Seek Leave to Appeal' 'leave to Appeal From Interlocutory Judgment' 'dismissal for Non Appearance' 'reinstatement of Proceeding' 'judicial Review of Administrative Appeals Tribunal Migration Decision' 'partner Visa Refusal']

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Procedural Posture

Application for Extension of Time and Leave to Appeal From Dismissal of Application for Judicial Review by the Federal Circuit Court / Federal Court Hearing of Application for Extension of Time and Leave to Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the application for an extension of time and leave to appeal should be dismissed because the applicant failed to attend the Federal Court hearing.' 'Whether the applicant should be granted an extension of time to seek leave to appeal.' "Whether leave to appeal should be granted from the Federal Circuit Court's refusal to reinstate the judicial review application." "Whether the Federal Circuit Court's discretionary refusal to reinstate the proceeding disclosed error of the kind described in House v The King." 'Whether the substantive judicial review application had reasonably arguable prospects of success.']

Ratio Decidendi

The application was dismissed because the applicant failed to appear at the hearing despite adequate notice, enlivening the Court's power under s 25(2B)(bb)(ii) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth). The Court was fortified in dismissing the application by the absence of apparent merit: the primary judge had not erred in finding no adequate excuse for the applicant's non-appearance before the Federal Circuit Court, no arguable jurisdictional error in the Tribunal's dismissal and confirmation decisions under ss 362B and 362C of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), and no House v The King error in refusing reinstatement. Accordingly, the proposed appeal had no prospects of success and...

Court Disposition

Application for an extension of time and leave to appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The application for an extension of time and leave to appeal be dismissed.' "The applicant pay the first respondent's costs of the application, as agreed or assessed."]