Deripaska v. Minister for Foreign Affairs

Lower Court Judgment

27/03/2025 Federal Court of Australia (Wigney, Stewart and Neskovcin JJ) 

[2025] FCAFC 36 

Catchwords

Statutory interpretation – constitutional law – where the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 (Cth) and Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (Cth) impose restrictions on designated persons or entities – whether regs 14 and 15 are invalid – whether regs 14 and 15 impinge on the entrenched jurisdiction under s75(v) of the Constitution or s 39B(1) of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) – whether Regulations infringe common law right to be legally represented where Minister exercised power when purporting to ‘designate’ and ‘declare’ the appellant under the Regulations – whether regs 14 and 15 can be read down so that they are not inconsistent with Ch III of the Constitution.