NAHI v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 10

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA NAHI v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 10

MIGRATION – visa – protection visa – reliance on 'country information' – whether Tribunal can use such information in assessing credit – whether such information the sole basis for Tribunal's findings as to credit – Tribunal's duty to look at reasonably foreseeable future – whether subsequent developments can be relied on to vitiate Tribunal's decision – whether denial of procedural fairness – whether sufficient opportunity to deal with country information – whether Tribunal biased

Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 36(2), 420(2)(a), 424(1)

NAHI v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 372 cited Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth of Australia [2003] HCA 2 (2003) 195 ALR 24 referred to Mok v Minister for Immigration, Local Government & Ethnic Affairs (No 1) (1993) 47 FCR 1referred to Chan Yee Kin v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs (1989) 169 CLR 379 referred to Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Lam [2003] HCA 6 (2003) 195 ALR 502 applied NAHI, NAHJ AND NAHK v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS N 595 of 2003 GRAY, TAMBERLIN AND LANDER JJ 2 FEBRUARY 2004 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 595 of 2003

ON APPEAL FROM A SINGLE JUDGE OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

BETWEEN: NAHI

FIRST APPELLANT

NAHJ

SECOND APPELLANT

NAHK

THIRD APPELLANT

AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

RESPONDENT

JUDGES: GRAY, TAMBERLIN AND LANDER JJ

DATE OF ORDER: 2 FEBRUARY 2004

WHERE MADE: SYDNEY