Patel v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1061

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Patel v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1061 Citation: Patel v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1061

Appeal from: Patel & Anor v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2015] FCCA 1502

Parties: NILESHKUMAR JAYANTILAL PATEL and NIDHI NARENDRAKUMAR KHATRI v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION and ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL (FORMERLY THE MIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL)

File number: NSD 733 of 2015

Judge: FLICK J

Date of judgment: 1 October 2015

Catchwords: MIGRATION – application for skilled worker's visa – public interest criterion - bogus document PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to raise new argument on appeal – factual issues giving rise to argument previously known – appellants confined to the arguments raised below

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 97, 359A Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 (Cth) Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), regs 2.26B, 2.26B(1), 2.26B(1A), Sch 2, cl 485.221(1), Sch 4, Pt 1, criterion 4020

Cases cited: Chung v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 163 Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 Iyer v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1788 Kaur v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCA 1276 Metwally v University of Wollongong (1985) 59 ALJR 481 Patel v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 22 Trivedi v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCAFC 42, (2014) 220 FCR 169 VUAX v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 158