Applicant A165 of 2003 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 877

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Applicant A165 of 2003 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 877

MIGRATION – application for review of decision refusing applicant protection visa – procedural fairness – bias – actual or apprehended bias – where Refugee Review Tribunal held applicant's evidence a recent invention – assessment of apprehended bias to be made in light of Refugee Review Tribunal's functions and powers – effect of finding of bias on decision where application dismissed on alternative basis of possibility of relocation

Randhawa v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1994) 52 FCR 437 cited Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia (2001) 178 ALR 421 cited R v Watson; Ex parte Armstrong (1976) 136 CLR 248 applied Livesey v New South Wales Bar Association (1983) 151 CLR 288 applied Vakauta v Kelly (1989) 167 CLR 568 applied Webb v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 41 applied Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488 applied Re Lusink; Ex parte Shaw (1980) 55 ALJR 12 applied Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337 applied Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Epeabaka (2001) 206 CLR 128 applied Re Ruddock; Ex parte Applicant S154 of 2002 (2003) 201 ALR 437 cited Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte AALA (2000) 176 ALR 219 cited Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte H (2001) 179 ALR 425 applied Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 180 ALR 1 cited Kola v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2002) 120 FCR 170 cited Ibrahim v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1279 cited Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v WAAG [2003] FCAFC 60 cited APPLICANT A165 OF 2003 v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS and OTHERS S 733 of 2003 LANDER J 7 JULY 2004 ADELAIDE