MZZXA v Minister for Immigration & Border Protection [2015] FCA 169
The applicant's proposed appeal has no prospects of success because the grounds advanced do not disclose jurisdictional error and merely seek a reconsideration of facts, which the Court cannot do. Therefore, extension of time is refused.
- Parties
- Applicant: MZZXA; First Respondent: Minister for Immigration & Border Protection; Second Respondent: Refugee Review Tribunal
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 05 March 2015
- Procedural Posture
- Application for Extension of Time to Appeal / Judgment on Application for Extension of Time
- Outcome
- Application for extension of time dismissed with costs.
- Legal Topics
- Extension of Time, Protection Visas, Jurisdictional Error, Federal Court Procedure
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Parties
MZZXA
Applicant
Minister for Immigration & Border Protection
First Respondent
Refugee Review Tribunal
Second Respondent
Procedural Posture
Application for Extension of Time to Appeal / Judgment on Application for Extension of Time
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether extension of time to appeal should be granted
- 2 Whether proposed appeal had merits justifying extension
- 3 Whether Circuit Court failed to adequately consider applicant's claims
Ratio Decidendi
The applicant's proposed appeal has no prospects of success because the grounds advanced do not disclose jurisdictional error and merely seek a reconsideration of facts, which the Court cannot do. Therefore, extension of time is refused.
Court Disposition
Application for extension of time dismissed with costs.
Orders
- The applicant's application for an extension of time to appeal is dismissed.
- The applicant pay the first respondent's costs of the application.
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