EOC20 v Judges of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2021] FCA 758

Federal Court of Australia

EOC20 v Judges of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2021] FCA 758 Review of: EOC20 v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2020] FCCA 2928

File number: NSD 297 of 2020

Judgment of: CHARLESWORTH J

Date of judgment: 5 July 2021

Catchwords: MIGRATION – application for review under s 39B of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) – review of decision of Federal Circuit Court of Australia refusing to grant an extension of time under s 477(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – whether Federal Circuit Court failed to consider and adjudicate the arguments advanced by the applicant in support of the application, failed to afford procedural fairness and failed to provide adequate reasons – whether the alleged errors are jurisdictional – application allowed

Legislation: Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) ss 39, 39B Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 5H, 5J, 36, 65, 414, 474, 476, 477, 486A, 501CA

Cases cited: Ali v Minister for Home Affairs (2020) 278 FCR 627 Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 Applicant A v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 190 CLR 225 Applicant S v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2004) 217 CLR 387 AZAFX v Federal Circuit Court of Australia (2016) 244 FCR 401 BKL15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2016) 241 FCR 450 Bouianov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1998] FCA 1348 Chan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 169 CLR 379 Chen v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2000) 106 FCR 157 CNC15 v Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2017] FCA 1540 CNC15 v Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2018] FCAFC 204 Condon v Pompano Pty Ltd (2013) 252 CLR 38 COZ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 259 FCR 1 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 DHX17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 2150 DHX17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (2020) 278 FCR 475 CKX16 v Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia [2018] FCA 400 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2003) 73 ALD 321 EOC20 v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2020] FCCA 2928 Erduran v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2002) 122 FCR 150 FBS18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 196 Htun v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2001) 233 FCR 136 Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales (2010) 239 CLR 531 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Home Affairs v Omar (2019) 272 FCR 589 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 MZABP v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 242 FCR 585 MZABP v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 110; 152 ALD 478 NABE v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (No 2) (2004) 144 FCR 1 Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth (2003) 211 CLR 476 R v Connell; Ex parte Hetton Bellbird Collieries Ltd (1944) 69 CLR 407 Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82 Saliba v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1998) 89 FCR 38 Shrestha v Migration Review Tribunal (2015) 229 FCR 301 SZAOG v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2004) 86 ALD 15 SZKLO v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2008) 102 ALD 115 SZUWX v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2016) 238 FCR 456 Wei v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 257 CLR 22