Huynh v Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2019] FCA 891

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Huynh v Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2019] FCA 891 Review from: Huynh v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCCA 3612

File number: WAD 8 of 2019

Judge: COLVIN J

Date of judgment: 14 June 2019

Catchwords: MIGRATION - application for judicial review of a decision of the Federal Circuit Court dismissing an application for extension of time under s 477(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - where applicant's explanation for the delay was based on not receiving the Tribunal's decision due to a change of address - where primary judge did not address that explanation - whether failure to consider the explanation for delay resulted in a failure to undertake the statutory task - application allowed

Legislation: Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 476, 476A, 477 Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) reg 1.15A

Cases cited: Acuna Plaza v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (No 2) [2019] FCA 424 ALL16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 419 AUK15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] HCATrans 36 AZAFX v Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2016] FCA 1139; (2016) 244 FCR 401 Baker v Patrick Projects Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 165; (2014) 226 FCR 302 BTK16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1514 BTU17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 538 BVW17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 1508 CAL15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 1344 Craig v State of South Australia [1995] HCA 58; (1995) 184 CLR 163 DBA16 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1777 DMI16 v Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2018] FCAFC 95 FEZ17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 76 Finance Facilities Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1971] HCA 12; (1971) 127 CLR 106 Gabriel v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 474 Guo v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 34 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCA 34 Jackamarra v Krakouer [1998] HCA 27; (1998) 195 CLR 516 Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission (NSW) [2010] HCA 1; (2010) 239 CLR 531 Leach v The Queen [2007] HCA 3; (2007) 230 CLR 1 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Haq [2019] FCAFC 7 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW [2018] HCA 30 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18; (2013) 249 CLR 332 MZABP v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1391; (2015) 242 FCR 585 MZABP v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 110 MZAIB v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1392; (2015) 238 FCR 158 Norbis v Norbis [1986] HCA 17; (1986) 161 CLR 513 Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd [2018] HCA 4 Singh v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 195 Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia [2010] HCA 28; (2010) 241 CLR 118 State of New South Wales v Kable [2013] HCA 26; (2013) 252 CLR 118 SZTES v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 719 SZTES v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 158 SZTSU v Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2015] FCA 224 SZTUT v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] HCATrans 150 SZUWX v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 77; (2016) 238 FCR 456 Tang v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2013] FCAFC 139; (2013) 217 FCR 55 Wei v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] HCA 51; (2015) 257 CLR 22