Lower Court Judgment
16/04/2019 Federal Court of Australia (Bromberg J)
Catchwords
Migration law – Protection visa – Where delegate accepted as plausible that applicant had been sexually tortured – Where such claim not accepted by Immigration Assessment Authority (“IAA”) –Whether IAA decision tainted by jurisdictional error due to failure to exercise discretion under s 473DC of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to invite applicant to give new information in form of interview – Whether failure of IAA to exercise its s 473DC discretion was material to decision and constituted jurisdictional error.
18/10/2019 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne)
29/10/2019 Notice of appeal
06/12/2019 Written submissions (Appellant)
06/12/2019 Chronology (Appellant)
10/01/2020 Written submissions (First respondent)
03/02/2020 Reply
06/08/2020 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)
06/08/2020 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
06/08/2020 Outline of oral argument (First respondent)
14/10/2020 Judgment (Judgment summary)