WAHV v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 536

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WAHV v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 536 MIGRATION – appeal – Sabean Mandaean from Iran – whether Tribunal in error of law in its application of the concept of 'serious harm' – whether Tribunal should have found Sabean Mandaeans are persecuted generally – whether Tribunal should have found that appellant suffered 'serious harm' - whether Tribunal erred in application of concept of 'well-founded fear' – whether jurisdictional error from unreasonableness Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 5(1), 36(2), 65(1), 91R, 91R(2), 417, 476(2) Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No 6) 2001 (Cth) Migration Regulations 1994 Sch 2 Pt 785, 866 Appellant S395/2002; Appellant S396/2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (2003) 203 ALR 112 cited Applicant A v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs (1997) 190 CLR 225 cited Chan v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs (1989) 169 CLR 379 cited Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Guo (1997) 191 CLR 559 cited Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Ibrahim (2000) 204 CLR 1 cited Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 applied NAAV v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2002) 123 FCR 298 cited Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth of Australia (2003) 211 CLR 476 cited Re Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs, Ex parte Applicants S134/2002 (2003) 195 ALR 1 cited SBAS v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 528 cited SBBA v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 90 cited SBBG v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1315 cited SBBG v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 121 cited SCAT v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 80 cited SFGB v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 231 cited WAHV V MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS W21 of 2003 RD NICHOLSON J 30 APRIL 2004 PERTH