Hicks v Nixon [2004] FCA 290

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Hicks v Nixon [2004] FCA 290 MIGRATION – special category visa – refusal by delegate – prior cancellation of special category visa previously held to be in jurisdictional error – appeal pending from that decision – applicant departed Australia pending hearing of appeal – applicant attempted to re-enter Australia – delegate refused application for special category visa to permit re-entry – whether applicant entitled to interlocutory orders restraining respondents from acting on the decision of delegate pending outcome of appeal – whether original visa ceased to have effect on applicant's departure from Australia PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – discovery – whether applicant entitled to particular discovery in various categories – no such entitlement – no entitlement to orders for discovery in respect of protected information Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 9 Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act s 75(5) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 14, 15, 32, 42(1), 42(2A)(a), 79, 82(8), 189, 196, 474, 501D, 501G, 501(1), 501(2), 501(6), 501(6)(b), 503A, 503A(9), 503B(2), 503D, 503D(2) Migration Legislation Amendment (Strengthening of Provisions Relating to Character and Conduct) Act 1998 (No 114 of 1998) Migration Legislation Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2003 (No 75 of 2003) Sch 1 cl 8, Sch 1 cl 8(1)(c) Migration Regulations 1994 Sch 1 cl 1219, Sch 2 Subclass 444, reg 5.15A Calvin v Carr [1980] AC 574 cited Evans v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2003) 203 ALR 320 considered Forbes v New South Wales Trotting Club Limited (1979) 143 CLR 242 cited Jadwan Pty Ltd v Secretary, Department of Health and Aged Care (2003) 204 ALR 55 applied Lesi v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2003) 203 ALR 420 cited Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs v Wong [2002] FCAFC 327 cited Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Bhardwaj (2002) 209 CLR 597 applied NAAO v Secretary, Department of Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (2002) 117 FCR 401 cited Parkes Rural Distributions Pty Ltd v Glasson (1986) 7 NSWLR 332 cited Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth (2003) 211 CLR 476 cited Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262 cited WA Pines Pty Ltd v Bannerman (1980) 30 ALR 559 cited STEPHEN EDWARD HICKS v NEVILLE NIXON and MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS W177 of 2003 RD NICHOLSON J 22 MARCH 2004 PERTH