VMOZ v Minister for Immigration, Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 188

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VMOZ v Minister for Immigration, Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 188 MIGRATION – protection visa – application for interlocutory relief – whether grant of visa – documentary evidence of grant of visa – whether completion of release papers and draft grant papers sufficient to constitute decision by delegate – no decision record signed by delegate – whether applicant entitled to release from immigration detention – whether serious question to be tried – whether balance of convenience favours release – whether possible production of evidence in discovery sufficient to influence court's discretion – whether contemporaneous criminal proceedings relevant – merit decisions of delegate or Refugee Review Tribunal presumptively correct.

Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 13, 14, 29, 36, 47(1)(2), 65, 65(1)(a)(b), 67, 68(1),189, 196(1), 496, 497(1) Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) Sch 2, items 785.221, 785.226 Comptroller-General of Customs v Kawasaki Motors Pty Ltd (No 1) (1991) 32 FCR 210 –cited Hoffman-La Roche & Co v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [1975] AC 295 at 341, 350, 365, 371 – cited Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 – cited Singh v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 762 – cited Applicant VFAD of 2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 1062 – applied VHAF v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 1243 – applied VJAV v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 1253 – cited Hon Justice Michael Kirby Judging: Reflections on the Moment of Decision (1999) 18 Australian Bar Review 4 at 15

VMOZ v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS NO V96 OF 2003 HEEREY J 13 MARCH 2003 MELBOURNE