Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Akpata v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 806 Citation: Akpata v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 806
Parties: STEPHEN OGHO AKPATA v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP and SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP and COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
File number: NSD 2354 of 2011
Judge: JACOBSON J
Date of judgment: 3 August 2012
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – summary dismissal – scope of s 31A Federal Court Act 1976 and r 26.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 – whether there is no reasonable cause of action if there is a clearly applicable limitation period LIMITATION OF ACTIONS – negligence – psychiatric injury – latent injury – whether limitation period has expired – whether limitation period can be extended MIGRATION – whether detention authorised – whether person was an unlawful non-citizen
Legislation: Federal Court Act 1976 (Cth), s 31A Federal Court Rules 2011, r 26.01 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B Limitation of Actions Act 1936 (SA), ss 35, 36, 48 Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 5, 13, 14, 31, 68, 73, 82, 189, 441C, 501 Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), Schedule 2
Cases cited: A16/2004 [2005] HCA Trans 575 (9 August 2005) Akpata v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 389 Akpata v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 65 Akpata v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (No 2) [2005] FCA 1147 Cartledge v E. Jopling & Sons [1963] AC 758 Commissioner of Railways v Stewart (1936) 56 CLR 520 at 527 Commonwealth v Dinnison (1995) 56 FCR 389 Estate of the Late Sir Donald Bradman v Allens Arthur Robinson [2010] SASC 71 Hillebrand v Council of the City of Penrith [2000] NSWSC 1058 Magman International v Westpac Banking Corporation (1991) 32 FCR 1 Pirelli General Cable Works v Oscar Faber & Partners Ltd [1983] 2 AC 1 Politarhis v Westpac Banking Corporation [2008] SASC 296 Ruddock v Taylor (2005) 222 CLR 612 SBKC v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship & Ors [2011] FCA 533 SBKC v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship & Ors [2012] HCATrans 89 (11 April 2012) Sola Optical Australia Pty Ltd v Mills (1987) 163 CLR 628 Tame v New South Wales (2002) 211 CLR 317 at [44] Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Aust (1992) 175 CLR 514 Williams v Reid [2010] SASC 264
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