SZIXC v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2008] FCA 1355

SZIXC v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2008] FCA 1355

The application for an extension of time was refused because there was doubt about the applicant's explanation for the twelve-week delay and the proposed appeal had no real prospect of success. The draft grounds repeated matters already rejected by the Federal Magistrate, no error was discernible in the Federal Magistrate's reasoning, there was no evidence supporting the alleged untranslated warrant or unfairness, and new information that police were allegedly looking for the applicant could not show error by the Federal Magistrate because it was not before that court.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
21 August 2008
Procedural Posture
Application for an Extension of Time to File and Serve a Notice of Appeal From a Judgment of the Federal Magistrates Court Dismissing an Application for Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of a Protection Visa / Federal Court Application on Appeal From the Federal Magistrates Court
Outcome
Application for an extension of time refused.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa Refusal' 'refugee Review Tribunal Review' 'extension of Time to Appeal' 'special Reasons' 'bias' 'migration Act 1958 (cth) S 424 A' 'jurisdictional Error']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law' 'federal Court Procedure'] ['protection Visa Refusal' 'refugee Review Tribunal Review' 'extension of Time to Appeal' 'special Reasons' 'bias' 'migration Act 1958 (cth) S 424 A' 'jurisdictional Error']

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Procedural Posture

Application for an Extension of Time to File and Serve a Notice of Appeal From a Judgment of the Federal Magistrates Court Dismissing an Application for Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of a Protection Visa / Federal Court Application on Appeal From the Federal Magistrates Court

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether special reasons existed under O 52 r 15(2) of the Federal Court Rules to extend time to file and serve a notice of appeal.' 'Whether the applicant gave an adequate explanation for filing the extension application twelve weeks out of time.' 'Whether the proposed appeal had any real prospect of success on grounds alleging Tribunal bias, inadequate particulars of independent information, and non-compliance with s 424A of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).']

Ratio Decidendi

The application for an extension of time was refused because there was doubt about the applicant's explanation for the twelve-week delay and the proposed appeal had no real prospect of success. The draft grounds repeated matters already rejected by the Federal Magistrate, no error was discernible in the Federal Magistrate's reasoning, there was no evidence supporting the alleged untranslated warrant or unfairness, and new information that police were allegedly looking for the applicant could not show error by the Federal Magistrate because it was not before that court.

Court Disposition

Application for an extension of time refused.

Orders

  • ['The application for an extension of time to file a notice of appeal against the judgment of Lloyd-Jones FM given on 22 January 2008 at the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia is refused.' "The applicant pay the first respondent's costs of the application save for the costs for preparation of the written...