SZRES v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 1308

SZRES v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 1308

The appeal was dismissed because the manifest unreasonableness ground had not been raised before the Federal Magistrate and, in any event, had no prospect of success; the Tribunal had considered the appellant's claims, accepted much of his factual account, and its conclusions that the feared harm was not serious harm and that his fears were not well-founded were open to it. The second ground identified no specific error by the Federal Magistrate, who did not err in dealing with the grounds before him.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
23 November 2012
Procedural Posture
Appeal From the Federal Magistrates Court Dismissing an Application for Judicial Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Concerning a Protection Visa / Appeal
Outcome
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'judicial Review' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'serious Harm' 'manifest Unreasonableness']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'judicial Review' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'serious Harm' 'manifest Unreasonableness']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal From the Federal Magistrates Court Dismissing an Application for Judicial Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Concerning a Protection Visa / Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the Federal Magistrate failed to consider that the Tribunal acted in a manifestly unreasonable way and ignored persecution and harm in terms of s 91R of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)' 'Whether the Federal Magistrate dismissed the case without considering legal and factual errors contained in the decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal']

Ratio Decidendi

The appeal was dismissed because the manifest unreasonableness ground had not been raised before the Federal Magistrate and, in any event, had no prospect of success; the Tribunal had considered the appellant's claims, accepted much of his factual account, and its conclusions that the feared harm was not serious harm and that his fears were not well-founded were open to it. The second ground identified no specific error by the Federal Magistrate, who did not err in dealing with the grounds before him.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

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