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Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v. CED16 & Anor

Case No. S347/2019
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

25/09/2018 Federal Court of Australia (Derrington J)

[2018] FCA 1451

Catchwords

Migration law – Protection visa – Where first respondent’s application for Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (Class XE Subclass 790) refused and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (“Minister”) purported to certify that disclosure of information in Identity Assessment Form could form basis for claim of Public Interest Immunity by Crown – Whether certificate issued by Minister purportedly pursuant to s 473GB(5) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) comprised ‘new information’ as defined in s 473DC(1) of Act – Whether Immigration Assessment Authority (“IAA”) was required to turn its mind, or show that it had turned its mind, to whether it was required to give particulars of information in certificate itself to first respondent pursuant to s 473DE(1) of Act.

Documents

13/12/2019 Hearing (SLA, Canberra v/link to Sydney)

20/12/2019 Notice of appeal

10/02/2020 Written submissions (Appellant - Amended)

31/01/2020 Chronology (Appellant)

27/02/2020 Written submissions (First Respondent)

20/03/2020 Reply

09/06/2020 Hearing (Full Court)

09/06/2020 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)

09/06/2020 Outline of oral argument (First respondent)

30/06/2020 Judgment (Judgment summary)