Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
SZAFO v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCA 1028 SZAFO v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS NSD 1068 OF 2005 WILCOX J 14 JULY 2005 SYDNEY
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NSD 1068 of 2005
BETWEEN: SZAFO
APPLICANT
AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
RESPONDENT
JUDGE: WILCOX J
DATE OF ORDER: 14 JULY 2005
WHERE MADE: SYDNEY
THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application for leave to appeal against the decision of Smith MF made on 10 June 2005 be dismissed. 2. The applicant pay the costs of the respondent assessed at $1,000. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NSD 1068 of 2005
BETWEEN: SZAFO
APPLICANT
AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
RESPONDENT
JUDGE: WILCOX J
DATE: 14 JULY 2005
PLACE: SYDNEY
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT WILCOX J: 1 This is an application for leave to appeal against a decision of Federal Magistrate Smith made on 10 June 2005. His Honour dismissed a proceeding then before him as an abuse of process of the court. He did so because the applicant had already litigated the question whether the Refugee Review Tribunal ('the Tribunal') had made a jurisdictional error in considering his case. The applicant unsuccessfully challenged the Tribunal's decision before Federal Magistrate Driver, on appeal in this court before Bennett J, and in an application for special leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia. 2 Federal Magistrate Smith was undoubtedly correct in upholding an objection to competency in this case because of the application of the principles of res judicata. There is no arguable basis for the appeal now sought to be made to this court. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the application for leave to appeal be dismissed with costs.
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