BKT17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCA 384

Federal Court of Australia

BKT17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCA 384 Appeal from: BKT17 & Anor v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2020] FCCA 1337

File number: WAD 151 of 2020

Judgment of: FEUTRILL J

Date of judgment: 28 April 2023

Catchwords: MIGRATION procedural fairness – court's duty to ensure a fair hearing for litigants-in-person – whether sufficient steps taken to remove disadvantage of self-representation – whether appellants given a reasonable opportunity to provide particulars of grounds judicial of review – whether dismissal of application for judicial review inevitable – appeal allowed – matter remitted for rehearing

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 414, 424A(1)(a)

Cases cited: Boensch v Sommerville Legal [2021] FCAFC 79; (2021) 286 FCR 293 Dietrich v R [1992] HCA 57; (1992) 177 CLR 292 DQQ17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 784 Flightdeck Geelong Pty Ltd v All Options Pty Ltd [2020] FCAFC 138; (2020) 280 FCR 479 Hamod v New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 MacPherson v R [1981] HCA 46; (1981) 147 CLR 512 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v WZARH [2015] HCA 40; (2015) 256 CLR 326 Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala [2000] HCA 57; (2000) 204 CLR 82 SZBEL v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] HCA 63; (2006) 228 CLR 152 Stead v State Government Insurance Commission [1986] HCA 54; (1986) 161 CLR 141 SZRUR v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2013] FCAFC 146; (2013) 216 FCR 445 VAF v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 123; (2004) 236 FCR 549