Williams v Minister for Justice and Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia [2007] FCAFC 33

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Williams v Minister for Justice and Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia [2007] FCAFC 33

EXTRADITION – Notice of Receipt of Extradition Request – invalidity – Minister's opinion must be based on mandatory statutory requirements – requirement for personal knowledge of acts or omissions. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Grounds for judicial review – jurisdictional error – Wednesbury unreasonableness. WORDS AND PHRASES – 'conduct' – 'acts or omissions' Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 19A Extradition (United States of America) Regulations reg 3, 4 Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) s 5, 10, 16, 19 Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) Part IVA Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Williams v Minister for Justice and Customs [2006] FCA 1782 – reversed Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 – considered Avon Downs Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1949)78 CLR 353 – considered Buck v Bavone (1976) 135 CLR 110 – considered De Bruyn v South Africa (1999) 96 FCR 290 – applied Foster v Attorney-General (Cth) (1997) 97 A Crim R 560 – overruled Griffiths v United States of America (2005) 143 FCR 182 – applied Harris v Attorney-General of the Commonwealth (1994) 52 FCR 386 – considered Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 – applied Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR259 – applied Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 – considered Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; ex parte Applicant S20/2002 (2003) 198 ALR 59 – considered Truong v The Queen (2004) 223 CLR 122 – applied Vasiljkovic v The Commonwealth of Australia (2006) 228 ALR 447 – considered Zoeller v Federal Republic of Germany & Others (1989) 23 FCR 282 – applied LARRY RICHARD WILLIAMS v MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND CUSTOMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA NSD 65 OF 2007