Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
MZZHL v Commonwealth of Australia [2021] FCA 600 File number: NSD 1128 of 2020
Judgment of: FLICK J
Date of judgment: 7 June 2021
Catchwords: MIGRATION – authority to detain a person reasonably suspected of being an unlawful non-citizen MIGRATION – request for removal – request withdrawn MIGRATION – continued detention of unlawful non-citizen – no attempts being made to secure his removal from Australia – abandonment of any purpose whilst in detention – power to order release from detention in the absence of visa MIGRATION – compensatory damages for unlawful detention
Legislation: Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 78B Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 4, 5, 46A, 189, 195A, 196, 198
Cases cited: AJL20 v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] FCA 1305 Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37, (2004) 219 CLR 562 AOU21 v Minister for Home Affairs [2021] FCAFC 60 Arthur as litigation representative for CYG20 v Commonwealth of Australia [2021] FCA 259 ASP15 v Commonwealth [2016] FCAFC 145, (2016) 248 FCR 372 Attorney-General of the Commonwealth v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] HCATrans 224 Commonwealth of Australia v AJL20 [2021] HCATrans 68 Commonwealth of Australia v Fernando [2012] FCAFC 18, (2012) 200 FCR 1 Fernando v Commonwealth [2014] FCAFC 181, (2014) 231 FCR 251 Goldie v Commonwealth (No 2) [2004] FCA 156, (2004) 81 ALD 422 Guo v Commonwealth [2017] FCA 1355, (2017) 258 FCR 31 Lau v Calwell (1949) 80 CLR 533 Lewis v Australian Capital Territory [2020] HCA 26, (2020) 94 ALJR 740 Lim v The Minister for Immigration and Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Al Masri [2003] FCAFC 70, (2003) 126 FCR 54 MZZHL v Minister for Immigration [2014] FCCA 1036 Newman v Minister for Health and Aged Care [2021] FCA 517 Plaintiff M47/2012 v Director-General of Security [2012] HCA 46, (2012) 251 CLR 1 Plaintiff M47/2018 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] HCA 17, (2019) 265 CLR 285 Plaintiff M68/2015 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] HCA 1, (2016) 257 CLR 42 Plaintiff M76/2013 v Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship [2013] HCA 53, (2013) 251 CLR 322 Plaintiff M96A/2016 v Commonwealth [2017] HCA 16, (2017) 261 CLR 582 Plaintiff S4/2014 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] HCA 34, (2014) 253 CLR 219 Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277 Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262, (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 Ruddock v Taylor [2005] HCA 48, (2005) 222 CLR 612
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