Khelifi v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 791

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Khelifi v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 791 MIGRATION – Refugee Review Tribunal – protection visa – use of interpreter – whether the Tribunal erred in law in failing to provide an adequate interpreting service – actual bias.

Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 65, 425(1), 430, 476, 476(1)(a), 476(1)(f) Migration Regulations Sch 2 (item 866.22) Federal Court Rules O 80 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

Nouredine v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1999) 91 FCR 138 referred to Perera v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1999) 56 ALD 231 referred to Ismail v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 1555 referred to Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 162 ALR 577 referred to Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [1999] FCA 1681 referred to Ahmed v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 811 referred to Laws v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (1990) 170 CLR 70 referred to Sun Zhan Qui v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1997) 81 FCR 71 referred to Galea v Galea (1990) 19 NSWLR 263 referred to Bilgin v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1997) 149 ALR 281 referred to Xie v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 230 referred to Singh v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (unreported, Federal Court of Australia, Lockhart J, No 902/96, 18 October 1996) referred to The Queen v Australian Stevedoring Industry Board; Ex parte Melbourne Stevedoring Co Pty Ltd (1953) 88 CLR 100 referred to SAID KHELIFI v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS W 154 OF 1999 LEE J 15 JUNE 2000 PERTH