Zreika v Minister For Home Affairs [2020] FCA 995

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Zreika v Minister For Home Affairs [2020] FCA 995 Appeal from: Zreika v Minister for Home Affairs & Anor [2019] FCCA 599

File number: NSD 491 of 2019

Judge: WIGNEY J

Date of judgment: 16 July 2020

Catchwords: MIGRATION – appeal from decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia – where primary judge dismissed judicial review application of decision of Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) – whether invalid certificate issued under s 376 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) was a jurisdictional error – whether AAT erred in taking as correct an independent expert report regarding family violence – appeal dismissed

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 357A, 359AA, 359A, 359A(1), 359A(3), 362A, 375A(2)(b), 376, 376(1), 376(1)(a), 376(1)(b), 376(2)(a), 376(2)(b), 376(3)(b), 424A, 438, 438(1), 438(2), 438(2)(a), 438(3) Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) regs 1.23, 1.23(9), 1.23(10), 1.23(13), 1.23(14) Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) Sch 2 cll 801.221(2), 801.221(2A), 801.221(3), 801.221(4), 801.221(5), 801.221(6), 801.221(6)(c)(i), 801.221(8)

Cases cited: EVS17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2019) 268 FCR 99; [2019] FCAFC 20 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 264 CLR 123; [2018] HCA 34 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v CED16 [2020] HCA 24 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Maman (2012) 200 FCR 30; [2012] FCAFC 13 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZLFX (2009) 238 CLR 507; [2009] HCA 31 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA (2019) 264 CLR 421; [2019] HCA 3 Perez v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 180 Plaintiff M174/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 264 CLR 217; [2018] HCA 16 SZBYR v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2007) 81 ALJR 1190; [2007] HCA 26