White v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1376

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

White v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1376 Citation: White v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1376

Appeal from: White v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2014] FCCA 2486

Parties: EDWARD CHRISTOPHER WHITE v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION and ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL

File number: QUD 597 of 2014

Judge: COLLIER J

Date of judgment: 4 December 2015

Catchwords: MIGRATION – r 1.15A(1A)(b)(i) and (iii)(B) Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) – r 1.15A(1A)(b)(iii)(B) Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) – whether appellant and spouse have "mutual commitment to a shared life as husband and wife" – whether appellant and spouse "do not live separately and apart on a permanent basis" – whether criterion in r 1.15(1A)(b)(i) required findings separate and independent from findings in r 1.15(1A)(b)(iii)(B) – r 1.15(1A)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) need to be satisfied in order to satisfy criteria – appellant did not challenge Tribunal findings pursuant to r 1.15(1A)(b)(i) – Tribunal found appellant did not meet r 1.15(1A)(b)(i) – appeal fatally flawed

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 65 Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) regs 1.15(1A)(b)(i), 1.15(1A)(b)(iii)(B), 1.15A(1), 1.15A(1A), 1.15A(1A)(b), 1.15A(1A)(b)(i), 1.15A(1A)(b)(iii), 1.15A(1A)(b)(iii)(B), 1.15A(3)

Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Lu v Minister for Immigration (2004) 141 FCR 346 Main v Main (1949) 78 CLR 636 SZOXP v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 231 FCR 1 Tulk v Tulk (1906) 13 ALR 45