Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v SZFDE [2006] FCAFC 142

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v SZFDE [2006] FCAFC 142 MIGRATION – judicial review – procedural fairness – fraud – protection visa – application to Refugee Review Tribunal – invitation to attend oral hearing – fraudulent advice from migration agent that Tribunal would refuse application – advice that applicant should not attend hearing – applicant dissuaded by agent's fraud from attending – whether procedural unfairness – effect of statutory provisions relating to invitation to appear and codification of natural justice hearing rule – whether apparent consent to non-appearance vitiated by fraud – whether Tribunal decision induced or affected by fraud ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – jurisdictional error – procedural fairness – fraud – circumstances analogous to fraud – decision induced or affected by fraud – decision-maker blameless – party induced by fraudulent advice of representative not to appear at hearing – whether certiorari would lie Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 36(2), 65(1), 411(1)(c), 417, 420, 422B, 425, 425A, 426, 426A, 441A, 441C, 441G, and 474 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) s 5(1)(g)

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