Lobo v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 168

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Lobo v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs

[2003] FCAFC 168

MIGRATION – judicial review – Migration Review Tribunal – visa grant criteria – application by Tribunal of departmental policy – erroneously narrow construction of visa grant criteria in departmental policy – misconstruction of visa grant criterion by Migration Review Tribunal – jurisdictional error – privative clause – principles governing application of privative clause – requirement for reconciliation of privative clause and limitations and conditions under Act – misapplication of visa grant criteria constituting jurisdictional error – Business Skills (Residence) (Class BH) visa) – visa grant criterion – 'direct … and continuous involvement in the management of … business' – '… making decisions that affected the overall direction and performance of … business' – appeal allowed – certiorari and mandamus issued

Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 29, s 474

Migration Regulations 1994 reg 2.01, reg 2.02, reg 2.03(1) and (2)

Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth of Australia (2003) 195 ALR 24 applied

Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Applicants S134/2002 (2003) 195 ALR 1 cited

NAAV v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2002) 193 ALR 449 cited

R v Hickman; Ex parte Fox and Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598 cited

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Bhardwaj (2002) 187 ALR 117 cited

Zahid v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 24 discussed

Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Richard Walter Pty Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 168 cited

Darling Casino Ltd v New South Wales Casino Control Authority (1997) 191 CLR 602 cited

R v Murray; Ex parte Proctor (1949) 77 CLR 387 cited

R v Metal Trades Employees Association; Ex parte Amalgamated Engineering Union, Australian Section (1951) 82 CLR 208 cited