Nguyen v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1265

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Nguyen v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1265 IMMIGRATION – Administrative Appeals Tribunal - whether Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292 requires legal representation to be provided on review of a deportation decision – whether lack of legal representation in such proceedings constitutes denial of procedural fairness.

Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), ss 41, 69. Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 200, 201, 500(1)(a), 501.

Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292, considered. Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1, cited. Attorney-General (Canada) v Cain and Gilhula [1906] AC 542, cited. Robtelmes v Brenan (1906) 4 CLR 395, cited. O'Keefe v Calwell (1949) 77 CLR 261, cited. Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Pochi (1980) 31 ALR 666, cited. New South Wales v Canellis (1994) 181 CLR 309, applied. Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Gunner (1998) 84 FCR 400, cited. Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kainhofer (1995) 185 CLR 528, cited. Papazoglou v Republic of the Philippines (1997) 74 FCR 108, cited. SZ v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 836, cited. Guo Wei Rong v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1995) 38 ALD 38, cited. Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Guo (1997) 191 CLR 559, cited. Barzideh v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1996) 69 FCR 417, cited. Vo Tuan Kiet v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (unreported, Wilcox J, 5 June 1998), cited. Stuart v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1996) 96 ATC 4960, cited.

VAN CUONG NGUYEN v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS N 265 OF 2000 SACKVILLE, MARSHALL & LEHANE JJ SYDNEY 8 SEPTEMBER 2000