MZAMP v Minister for Immigration & Border Protection [2016] FCA 804

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

MZAMP v Minister for Immigration & Border Protection [2016] FCA 804 Appeal from: MZAMP & Anor v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2015] FCCA 2703

File number: VID 673 of 2015

Judge: RANGIAH J

Date of judgment: 15 July 2016

Catchwords: MIGRATION – appeal from Federal Circuit Court decision dismissing application for judicial review of Tribunal decision – procedural fairness – whether appellants given real chance to present case – duty to make enquiries – illogicality – inadequate standard of interpreting before Federal Circuit Court – appeal allowed

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 28 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 5J, 91R, 357A, 411, 422B, 424, 424A, 424AA, 425, Div 4 Pt 7, Div 5 Pt 5

Cases cited: Adamopolous v Olympic Airways SA (1991) 25 NSWLR 75 Appellant P119/2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 230 Applicant A v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 190 CLR 225 Applicant S v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2004) 217 CLR 387 Bale v Mills (2011) 81 NSWLR 498 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Bulstrode v Trimble [1970] VR 840 BZAID v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 508 Dairy Farmers Co-Operative Milk Co Ltd v Acquilina (1963) 109 CLR 458 Eastman v Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) (ACT) (2003) 214 CLR 318 Ellis v Wallsend District Hospital (1989) 17 NSWLR 553 Hamod v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 Knauder v Moore (2002) 127 FCR 327 Mazhar v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1759 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Dhillon (2014) 227 FCR 525 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh (2014) 231 FCR 437 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSRS [2014] FCAFC 16 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v WZARH [2015] HCA 40 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZGUR (2011) 241 CLR 594 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZIAI [2009] HCA 39 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS (2010) 240 CLR 611 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZRKT (2013) 212 FCR 99 MZZMG v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 234 FCR 180 MZZTD v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 948 Perera v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1999) 92 FCR 6 Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82 Resource Pacific Pty Ltd v Wilkinson [2013] NSWCA 33 STCB v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] HCA 61 Stokes v R (1960) 105 CLR 279 SZOCK v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2010] FCA 719 SZRMQ v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2013) 219 FCR 212 SZRUR v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection 216 FCR 445 SZTQD v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 339 The Queen v Marks; Ex parte Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders Labourers' Federation (1981) 147 CLR 471 Twist v Randwick Municipal Council (1976) 136 CLR 106 VWFY v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCA 1723 WAJR v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 106 Waterways Authority v Fitzgibbon [2005] HCA 57 Xiang Sheng Li v Refugee Review Tribunal (1994) 36 ALD 273