SAAG v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 547

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SAAG v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 547

MIGRATION – protection visa – appeal from decision of Refugee Review Tribunal – whether the Tribunal addressed the applicant's claim to have a well-founded fear of persecution - whether reasons for decision disclosed lack of good faith on the part of the Tribunal – whether the decision represented a bona fide attempt to pursue the power conferred - scope and content of the bona fide proviso to the Hickman principle. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – privative clause – application of Hickman principles – scope and content of the bona fide proviso to the principle – whether decision of Tribunal made in absence of good faith so as to permit review of the decision under s39B of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth). Migration Act 1958(Cth) Migration Legislation Amendment (Judicial Review) Act 2001(Cth) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Abebe v Commonwealth(1999) 197 CLR 510 - referred to Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 361 – referred to Commissioner of Taxation v Stokes (1996) 141 ALR 653 - applied Daihatsu Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2001) 184 ALR 576 – applied Ismail v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 1555; (1999) 59 ALD 773 – cited Minister for Immigration & Mjulticultrual Affaris v Yusuf (2001) 180 ALR 1 – cited O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd (1990) 171 CLR 232 – discussed R v Coldham; Ex parte Australian Workers' Union (1983) 153 CLR – cited R v Hickman; Ex parte Fox and Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598 – applied W 148/00A v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (2002) 185 ALR 703 - applied Yit v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 885 – applied SAAG v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS S.184 of 2001 MANSFIELD J 10 MAY 2002 ADELAIDE