Applicant NAGM of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 396

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Applicant NAGM of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 396 COSTS – application for a costs order against a non-party – non-party is neither a lawyer nor migration agent, but prepares documents in support of a hopeless appeal – no deliberate abuse of process – whether order appropriate. Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 39B, 78B Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 48B, 280, 417, 476 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 43 Federal Court of Australia Regulations 1978 (Cth), reg 2(4)(c) Federal Court Rules, O 52 r 10 Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW), ss 48B, 48E Applicant NAGM of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 395, referred to. Amrit Lal Narain v Parnell (1986) 9 FCR 479, cited. NAQG of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1016, cited. NAQG of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1044, cited. Tavalu v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1027, cited. Kolotau v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1145, cited. Tuuhoko v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1204, cited. Knight v F P Special Assets Ltd (1992) 174 CLR 178, applied. Caboolture Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd (In liquidation) v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd (1993) 45 FCR 224, cited. White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd v Flower & Hart (1998) 156 ALR 169, cited. Flower & Hart v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd (1999) 87 FCR 134, cited. Yates v Boland [2000] FCA 1895, cited. Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Shen [2002] FCA 899, considered. Symphony Group Plc v Hodgson [1994] QB 179, cited. Orchard v South Eastern Electricity Board [1987] QB 565, cited. Williams v Spautz (1992) 175 CLR 509, cited. NAGM, NAGN, NAGO AND NAGP v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS N664 of 2002 SACKVILLE, ALLSOP & JACOBSON JJ SYDNEY 5 DECEMBER 2002