Tohi v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 1223

Tohi v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 1223

The Tribunal's finding concerning a moderate risk of further harm was supported by material including the Applicant's failure to complete the EQUIPS program and the absence of evidence of ongoing or professional rehabilitative efforts. Although other evidence supported the Applicant, weighing those competing considerations was for the Tribunal and did not disclose irrationality, unreasonableness, or a no-evidence error. There was no inconsistency between the Tribunal's statement that a moderate risk of further harm was unacceptable and its statement that there was a dearth of evidence that similar conduct would not happen again; any difference in language was at most looseness of...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
26 August 2020
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review of a Migration Decision Affirming Non Revocation of Visa Cancellation on Character Grounds / Application for Extension of Time and Review of Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decision
Outcome
Extension of time granted; proceeding dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['irrational or Unreasonable Findings' 'no Evidence Ground' 'merits Review' 'extension of Time' 'visa Cancellation and Non Revocation on Character Grounds']
['administrative Law' 'migration Law' 'practice and Procedure'] ['irrational or Unreasonable Findings' 'no Evidence Ground' 'merits Review' 'extension of Time' 'visa Cancellation and Non Revocation on Character Grounds']

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Procedural Posture

Judicial Review of a Migration Decision Affirming Non Revocation of Visa Cancellation on Character Grounds / Application for Extension of Time and Review of Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decision

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether time should be extended for the Applicant to commence the proceeding.' 'Whether the Tribunal made an irrational or legally unreasonable finding, or a finding with no evidentiary basis, that a moderate risk of further harm was unacceptable.' "Whether the Tribunal's finding at [48] was inconsistent with its finding at [92] that there was a dearth of evidence to support the contention that something similar would not happen again."]

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal's finding concerning a moderate risk of further harm was supported by material including the Applicant's failure to complete the EQUIPS program and the absence of evidence of ongoing or professional rehabilitative efforts. Although other evidence supported the Applicant, weighing those competing considerations was for the Tribunal and did not disclose irrationality, unreasonableness, or a no-evidence error. There was no inconsistency between the Tribunal's statement that a moderate risk of further harm was unacceptable and its statement that there was a dearth of evidence that similar conduct would not happen again; any difference in language was at most looseness of...

Court Disposition

Extension of time granted; proceeding dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ["The time within which the Applicant may commence the proceeding is extended to 8 May 2020, being the date on which the Applicant's Application for Extension of Time and proposed Originating Application was first filed." 'The proceeding is dismissed.' 'The Applicant is to pay the costs of the First Respondent,...