Hu v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 63

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Hu v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 63 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – natural justice – where primary judge exercised discretion on basis of a finding of lack of candour of the first appellant – whether appellant put on notice as to possibility of that adverse finding – whether denial of procedural fairness IMMIGRATION – jurisdictional error – s 128 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) –visa cancelled without prior notice to visa holder – notice under s 129 – whether information in notice under s 129 sufficient to justify cancellation – whether delegate failed to ask whether it was appropriate to cancel the visa under s 129.

Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 116, s 128, s 129, s 131, s 132, s 133, s 140 Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) cl 457.111, cl 457.221, cl 457.223 Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 cited BP Australia Ltd v Brown (2003) 46 ACSR 677 cited Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 cited Butler v Fairclough (1917) 23 CLR 78 cited Cameron v Cole (1944) 68 CLR 571 cited Doukmak v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2001) 114 FCR 432 cited Lobo v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2003) 200 ALR 359 cited Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 cited Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82 cited Wicks v Bennett (1921) 30 CLR 80 cited M Aronson and B Dyer, Judicial Review of Administrative Action (2nd ed, 2000) Cross on Evidence (6th Aust ed, 2000) ZHAO LIN HU v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS N 1506 of 2003 HILL, SACKVILLE & MARSHALL JJ SYDNEY 26 MARCH 2004

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N1506 OF 2003

ON APPEAL FROM A SINGLE JUDGE OF THE COURT