SZIBB v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2006] FCA 1650
The Tribunal did not commit jurisdictional error and accorded the appellant procedural fairness; there was no error on the part of the Federal Magistrate in dismissing the application for constitutional writ relief.
- Parties
- Appellant: SZIBB; First Respondent: Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Second Respondent: Refugee Review Tribunal
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 20 November 2006
- Procedural Posture
- Appeal / Federal Court of Australia on Appeal From Federal Magistrates Court
- Outcome
- appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Protection Visa, Refugees Convention, Jurisdictional Error, Procedural Fairness, Natural Justice
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Parties
SZIBB
Appellant
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
First Respondent
Refugee Review Tribunal
Second Respondent
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Federal Court of Australia on Appeal From Federal Magistrates Court
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the Refugee Review Tribunal committed jurisdictional error
- 2 Whether the Tribunal failed to accord procedural fairness or natural justice to the appellant
- 3 Whether the Tribunal erred in not accepting appellant's claims of persecution based on religion
Ratio Decidendi
The Tribunal did not commit jurisdictional error and accorded the appellant procedural fairness; there was no error on the part of the Federal Magistrate in dismissing the application for constitutional writ relief.
Court Disposition
appeal dismissed
Orders
- The appeal be dismissed.
- The appellant pay the first respondent's costs.
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