SZLPV v Minister for Immigration & Citizenship [2008] FCA 1778

SZLPV v Minister for Immigration & Citizenship [2008] FCA 1778

No breach of s 424A of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) occurred because the independent country information was not specifically about the appellant but about a class of persons of which he was a member, and s 424A(3)(a) applied.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
26 November 2008
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From the Federal Magistrates Court
Outcome
appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
['judicial Review' 'protection Visa' 'procedural Fairness' 'section 424 a Migration Act']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From the Federal Magistrates Court

  1. 1 ['Whether the Refugee Review Tribunal breached s 424A of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) by failing to put independent country information to the appellant for comment']

Ratio Decidendi

No breach of s 424A of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) occurred because the independent country information was not specifically about the appellant but about a class of persons of which he was a member, and s 424A(3)(a) applied.

Court Disposition

appeal dismissed

Orders

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