Radzi v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCA 626

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Radzi v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCA 626 Citation: Radzi v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCA 626

Appeal from: Radzi v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Anor [2013] FCCA 2232

Parties: MOHAMAD RAQIM MOHAMAD RADZI v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION and MIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL

File number: QUD 858 of 2013

Judge: RANGIAH J

Date of judgment: 18 June 2014

Catchwords: MIGRATION – application for a student visa – application for fee reduction to Migration Review Tribunal – notice of refusal posted to applicant – applicant did not receive notice – Tribunal determined it had no jurisdiction – application for judicial review to Federal Circuit Court lodged outside time – whether Federal Circuit Court judge erred in refusing an extension of time and dismissing the application for constitutional writs

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 24(1)(d) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 347(1), 347, 348(1), 348, 379C(7), 379A(4), 379C(4), 379A, 379C, 477(2), 477(2)(b), 477(1), 494B Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) regs 4.13(1), 4.13(4), 4.40, 4.40(1), cl 573.223(2)(a)(ii)(A) of Schedule 2

Cases cited: Braganza v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 318 Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2000) 203 CLR 194 Fisher v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2007) 162 FCR 299 Haque v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010) 114 ALD 547 Kim v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2006] FCAFC 64 Minister for Immigration & Border Protection v Kim [2014] FCA 390 Rowe v Emmanuel College [2013] FCA 939 SZSYM v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCA 174