Tanioria v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2017] FCA 1117

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Tanioria v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2017] FCA 1117 File number: NSD 1054 of 2016

Judge: MARKOVIC J

Date of judgment: 22 September 2017

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – applications for summary judgment or, in the alternative, strike out – where applicant a non-citizen detained purportedly under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – where applicant deprived of possession of his property – where applicant alleges false imprisonment and conversion – whether applicant has no reasonable prospect of successfully prosecuting the proceeding – impact of civil practice and procedure provisions – whether pleading discloses a reasonable cause of action

Legislation: Constitution s 61 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 31A Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 189, 196 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 16.21, 26.01

Cases cited: Behrooz v Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2004) 219 CLR 486 Bunnings Group Ltd v CHEP Australia Ltd (2011) 82 NSWLR 420 CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 255 CLR 514 Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1 Day v The Ocean Beach Hotel Shellharbour Pty Ltd (2013) 85 NSWLR 335 at [33] Fernando v Commonwealth of Australia (2014) 231 FCR 251 NEAT Domestic Trading Pty Limited v AWB Limited (2003) 216 CLR 277 O'Donoghue v Ireland (2008) 234 CLR 599 S v Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2005) 143 FCR 217 Spencer v The Commonwealth of Australia (2010) 241 CLR 118 Takemoto v Moody's Investors Service Pty Limited [2014] FCA 1081 The Australian Communist Party v The Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1 Upton v TVW Enterprises Ltd (1985) ATPR ¶40–611