AVN20 v Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2020] FCA 584

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

AVN20 v Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2020] FCA 584 File number: VID 259 of 2020

Judge: KENNY J

Date of judgment: 4 May 2020

Catchwords: MIGRATION – Where the Federal Circuit Court breached s 91X of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – whether application an abuse of process on the grounds that the s 91X issue could and should reasonably have been raised in earlier proceedings – whether breaches amounted to jurisdictional error on the part of the Federal Circuit Court – construction of s 91X – whether denial of procedural fairness – whether declaration should be made – application dismissed

Legislation: Constitution, s 75(v) Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 (Cth) s 8(4) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 24(1)(d), 27, 28(1) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 36(2), 48B, 91X, 195A, 351, 417, 476, 476A(1) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 36.10 Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No 6) 2001 (Cth) Explanatory Memorandum, Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No 6) 2001 (Cth)

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