Woods v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2004] FCA 1622

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Woods v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2004] FCA 1622 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW- appeal under s 44 of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) – Administrative Appeals Tribunal confirmed a decision of the Migration Agents Registration Authority – questions of law – migration agent's registration cancelled – not a person of integrity – not a fit and proper person – agent failed to comply with the Code of Conduct – whether evidence supported findings – whether correct test applied in respect of conflict of interest –ss 290(2), 303(g) and (f) and 314(1) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).

Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 44 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 290(2), 303(g) and (f) and 314(1) Migration Agents Regulations 1998 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond & Ors (1990) 170 CLR 321 considered Australian Securities & Investment Commission v Saxby Bridge Financial Planning Pty Ltd (2003) 133 FCR 290 referred to Birdseye v Australian Securities & Investment Commission (2003) 76 ALD 321 referred to Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Raptis (1989) 20 ATR 1262 referred to Hughes and Vale Pty Ltd & Anor v State of New South Wales & Ors (No. 2) (1955) 93 CLR 127 considered Lilienthal v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2001] AATA 797 referred to Lilienthal v Migration Agents Registration Authority (2002) 117 FCR 558 considered Parks Holdings Pty Ltd v CEO of Customs [2004] FCA 820 considered Ping, L. S. and Anor v Minister for Immigration, Local Government & Ethnic Affairs (1994) 35 ALD 225 referred to Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 referred to Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 referred to Re MIMA; Ex parte Durairajasingham (2002) 168 ALR 407 referred to JAMES MALCOLM WOODS v MIGRATION AGENTS REGISTRATION AUTHORITY V 647 of 2004 CRENNAN J 9 DECEMBER 2004 MELBOURNE