AKW22 v Commonwealth of Australia [2023] FCAFC 71

Federal Court of Australia

AKW22 v Commonwealth of Australia [2023] FCAFC 71 Appeal from: AKW22 v Commonwealth of Australia [2022] FCA 869

File number: WAD 168 of 2022

Judgment of: RARES, O'SULLIVAN AND FEUTRILL JJ

Date of judgment: 17 May 2023

Catchwords: MIGRATION – habeas corpus – onus of proof – whether applicant has initial evidentiary burden of showing his or her detention unlawful at time of applying for issue of writ or hearing – extent of applicant's initial evidentiary burden – whether length of detention sufficient to discharge applicant's evidentiary burden and shift it to detainer – whether detainer needs to prove lawfulness throughout entirety of period of detention or only at hearing – Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 189 – Held: appeal dismissed

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 189(1), 196, Pt 8C Habeas Corpus Act 1679 (UK) (16 Cha II ch 2) Habeas Corpus Act 1816 (UK) (56 Geo III ch 100)

Cases cited: AKW22 v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2023] FCA 332 Burgess v Commonwealth (2020) 276 FCR 548 Commonwealth of Australia v AJL20 (2021) 273 CLR 43 Commonwealth v Fernando (2012) 200 FCR 1 Greene v Secretary of State for Home Affairs [1942] AC 284 Guo v Commonwealth (2017) 258 FCR 31 Hobhouse's Case (1820) 3 B & Ald 420 In re Corke [1954] 1 WLR 899 Lewis v Australian Capital Territory (2020) 271 CLR 192 McHugh v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (2020) 283 FCR 602 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Al Masri (2003) 126 FCR 54 Plaintiff M47/2018 v Minister for Home Affairs (2019) 265 CLR 285 Ruddock v Taylor (2005) 222 CLR 612 Ruddock v Vadarlis (2001) 110 FCR 491 The King v Lindbergh; Ex parte Jong Hing (1905) 3 CLR 93 Thoms v Commonwealth (2022) 96 ALJR 635 Wall v The King; Ex parte King Won (No 1) (1927) 39 CLR 245 Yoxon v Secretary to the Department of Justice (2015) 50 VR 5