Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Baker v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 300 Citation: Baker v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 300
Appeal from: Baker v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2011] AATA 622
Parties: SOLOMON BAKER v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP and ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL
File number: NSD 1712 of 2011
Judge: COWDROY J
Date of judgment: 27 March 2012
Catchwords: MIGRATION – Minister's decision to cancel visa under s 501(2) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – applicant convicted of criminal offences – decision-maker required to exercise discretion to cancel visa in accordance with a direction of the Minister – Tribunal member's reasons expressed sequentially – whether Tribunal member misapplied the direction
Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 499, 501
Cases cited: Board of Trustees v Edington (2011) 119 ALD 472 Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic (1993) 43 FCR 280 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Limited (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Ah Hin Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; ex parte Applicant S20/2002 (2003) 73 ALD 1
Date of hearing: 23 February 2012
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 47
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