SZRAX v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 49

SZRAX v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 49

The appellant did not press his notice of appeal grounds and conceded that the Federal Circuit Court decision contained no legal error. The oral matters raised had not been raised below and did not indicate jurisdictional error by the Tribunal, because the Tribunal's finding that the appellant would return to Fatikchari was legally open and, without being satisfied he would return to the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the Tribunal was not required to address risks in that area.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
06 February 2020
Procedural Posture
Appeal From Decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Dismissing an Application for Judicial Review of a Protection Visa Refusal / Appeal
Outcome
Appeal dismissed with costs payable by the appellant to the first respondent.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'complementary Protection' 'refugee Review Tribunal Findings']
['migration' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa' 'judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'complementary Protection' 'refugee Review Tribunal Findings']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal From Decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Dismissing an Application for Judicial Review of a Protection Visa Refusal / Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the Federal Circuit Court judge made legal error in dismissing the application for judicial review' "Whether the Tribunal's finding that the appellant would return to Fatikchari disclosed jurisdictional error" 'Whether the Tribunal was required to address risks to the appellant in the Chittagong Hill Tracts']

Ratio Decidendi

The appellant did not press his notice of appeal grounds and conceded that the Federal Circuit Court decision contained no legal error. The oral matters raised had not been raised below and did not indicate jurisdictional error by the Tribunal, because the Tribunal's finding that the appellant would return to Fatikchari was legally open and, without being satisfied he would return to the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the Tribunal was not required to address risks in that area.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs payable by the appellant to the first respondent.

Orders

  • ['The name of the first respondent be changed to "Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs".' 'The appeal be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs of the appeal."]