FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Singh v Migration Review Tribunal [2004] FCA 1304 TEJINDER SINGH v MIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL and MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS No Q 25 of 2004 SPENDER J BRISBANE 11 OCTOBER 2004 IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY Q 25 OF 2004 BETWEEN: TEJINDER SINGH APPLICANT AND: MIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL FIRST RESPONDENT MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS SECOND RESPONDENT JUDGE: SPENDER J DATE OF ORDER: 11 OCTOBER 2004 WHERE MADE: BRISBANE THE COURT ORDERS THAT: (1) The respondent pay the costs of the applicant thrown away by the adjournment on 5 May 2004. (2) The applicant otherwise pay the costs of the respondent of and incidental to the application, to be taxed if not agreed. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules. IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY Q 25 OF 2004 BETWEEN: TEJINDER SINGH APPLICANT AND: MIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL FIRST RESPONDENT MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS SECOND RESPONDENT JUDGE: SPENDER J DATE: 11 OCTOBER 2004 PLACE: BRISBANE REASONS FOR JUDGMENT 1 I gave judgment in this matter on 25 August 2004, and I then indicated that I would hear the parties on the costs. 2 The parties have submitted written submissions. Those submissions accord with the tentative view I expressed on 25 August 2004. 3 I therefore order that: (a) The respondent pay the costs of the applicant thrown away by the adjournment on 5 May 2004. (b) The applicant otherwise pay the costs of the respondent of and incidental to the application, to be taxed if not agreed. I certify that the preceding three (3) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of the Honourable Justice Spender . Associate: Dated: 11 October 2004 Counsel for the Applicant: Mr Michael Wilson Solicitor for the Applicant: Sharma Lawyers Counsel for the Respondent: Mr Peter Bickford Solicitor for the Respondent: Blake Dawson Waldron Date of Hearing: 17 May 2004 Date of Judgment: 25 August 2004 Date of Judgment on Costs: 11 October 2004