A v Pelekanakis, Bob & Anor [1999] FCA 236

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

"A" v Pelekanakis [1999] FCA 236

MIGRATION LAW – application for protection visa – duty of decision-maker to "have regard to all of the information" in application – whether duty discharged – whether denial of procedural fairness – whether decision should be set aside on the basis of Wednesbury unreasonableness – application for prerogative relief. PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – remittal from High Court to Federal Court – effect of s 485(3) of Migration Act 1958 on remittal. WORDS & PHRASES – "must … have regard to all of the information".

Constitution, s 75(v) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 39B, 44(1) Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 36, 47, 54, 55, 56, 475, 476, 481, 485 Migration Regulations, Schd 2, cl 866.1 Chan Yee Kin v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 169 CLR 379 referred to Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Guo (1997) 191 CLR 559 referred to Paramananthan v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1998) 160 ALR 24 at 51 referred to Puglisi v Australian Fisheries Management Authority (1997) 148 ALR 393 at 394 referred to Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 at 229-30 referred to The Queen v Hunt; ex parte Sean Investments Pty Ltd (1979) 180 CLR 322 at 329 referred to Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Baker (1997) 73 FCR 187 at 194 referred to Posner v Collector for Inter-State Destitute Persons (Vic) (1946) 74 CLR 461 at 490 referred to Langer v The Commonwealth (1996) 186 CLR 302 at 337 referred to Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 72 ALJR 841 at 860 referred to Turner v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1981) 35 ALR 388 at 392 referred to Hoare v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 348 at 365 referred to Paramananthan v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1998) 160 ALR 24 at 57 referred to Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 at 584, 585 referred to Haoucher v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1990) 169 CLR 648 at 653 referred to Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 referred to Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 at 581 referred to Thambythurai v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1997] FCA 997 referred to Cam Mui Chi v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs & Anor [1998] FCA 692 referred to Dinnison v Commonwealth (1997) 74 FCR 184 referred to Commonwealth v Mewett (1994) 126 ALR 391 at 401-2 referred to Robinson v Shirley (1982) 149 CLR 132 at 136 referred to Pozniak v Smith (1982) 151 CLR 38 at 44 referred to Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 at 41 referred to Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 at 20-21, 57 referred to Premalal v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1993) 41 FCR 117 at 136-140 referred to Fencott v Muller (1983) 152 CLR 570 at 608-9 referred to Re Keely; ex parte Kingham (1995) 129 ALR 255 referred to