SZKNX v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2008] FCAFC 176

SZKNX v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2008] FCAFC 176

The appellant had physically received the Tribunal's decision and reasons before 17 March 1999, as shown by his solicitors' possession and detailed use of the decision in their letter of 17 March 1999. That physical receipt constituted actual notification for the purposes of s 477 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). Because the application for Constitutional writ relief was not filed until 23 April 2007, it was outside the applicable time limit and the Federal Magistrates Court had no jurisdiction.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
21 October 2008
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal Concerning Time Limit for Judicial Review of a Migration Decision / Appeal From an Order of the Federal Magistrates Court Dismissing an Application for Constitutional Writ Relief as Incompetent
Outcome
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['time Limit for Review of Migration Decision' 'actual Notification of Tribunal Decision' 'physical Receipt of Written Decision and Reasons' 'federal Magistrates Court Jurisdiction']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['time Limit for Review of Migration Decision' 'actual Notification of Tribunal Decision' 'physical Receipt of Written Decision and Reasons' 'federal Magistrates Court Jurisdiction']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal Concerning Time Limit for Judicial Review of a Migration Decision / Appeal From an Order of the Federal Magistrates Court Dismissing an Application for Constitutional Writ Relief as Incompetent

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the appellant was actually notified of the Refugee Review Tribunal's decision before 1 December 2005 for the purposes of s 477 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)." "Whether actual notification required personal service or hand delivery of the written statement of the Tribunal's decision and reasons." 'Whether the Federal Magistrates Court had jurisdiction where the application for Constitutional writ relief was commenced on 23 April 2007.']

Ratio Decidendi

The appellant had physically received the Tribunal's decision and reasons before 17 March 1999, as shown by his solicitors' possession and detailed use of the decision in their letter of 17 March 1999. That physical receipt constituted actual notification for the purposes of s 477 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). Because the application for Constitutional writ relief was not filed until 23 April 2007, it was outside the applicable time limit and the Federal Magistrates Court had no jurisdiction.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs of the appeal."]