Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZRKT [2013] FCA 317

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZRKT [2013] FCA 317 Citation: Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZRKT [2013] FCA 317

Appeal from: SZRKT v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2012] FMCA 950

Parties: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP v SZRKT and REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL

File number: NSD 1720 of 2012

Judge: ROBERTSON J

Date of judgment: 12 April 2013

Catchwords: MIGRATION – whether Tribunal failed to take into account corroborative material in disbelieving the visa applicant - whether jurisdictional error in the circumstances of the case MIGRATION – whether Tribunal's process of reasoning illogical, irrational and not based on findings or inferences of fact supported by logical grounds

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 36, 54, 55, 65, 411, 414, 412, 415, 418, 422B, 430

Cases cited: Applicant WAEE v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2003) 75 ALD 630, [2003] FCAFC 184 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales (2010) 239 CLR 531 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZCOQ [2007] FCAFC 9 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZJSS (2010) 243 CLR 164 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS (2010) 240 CLR 611 Minister for Immigration & Citizenship v SZMOK (2009) 257 ALR 427, [2009] FCAFC 83 Minister for Immigration & Citizenship v SZNPG (2010) 115 ALD 303, [2010] FCAFC 51 Minister for Immigration & Citizenship v SZNSP (2010) 184 FCR 485, [2010] FCAFC 50 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZOCT (2010) 189 FCR 577 Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 MZWBW v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCAFC 94 MZXSA v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010) 117 ALD 441, [2010] FCAFC 123 NABE v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (No 2) (2004) 144 FCR 1 Plaintiff S157/2002 v The Commonwealth (2003) 211 CLR 476 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Applicant S20/2002 (2003) 198 ALR 59 Rezaei v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1294 SAAF v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 343 SHKB v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 545 SZLSP v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010) 187 FCR 362 SZMSD v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2009] FMCA 96 SZOOR v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2012) 202 FCR 1 Thirukkumar v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCAFC 268 Universal Camera Corp v National Labor Relations Board (1951) 340 US 474 VAAD v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCAFC 117 W360/01A v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2002) 124 FCR 449 W412/01A v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 432 WACO v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2003) 131 FCR 511 WAIJ v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2004) 80 ALD 568, [2004] FCAFC 74 WAKK v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCAFC 225 M Aronson "Jurisdictional Error without the Tears" in Groves and Lee (eds), Australian Administrative Law, Fundamentals, Principles and Doctrines (2007) 330 M Aronson and M Groves Judicial Review of Administrative Action (5th ed. 2013) at [4.770]