Plaintiff M79/2012 v. Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Case No.
M79/2012
Case Information
Catchwords
Citizenship and Migration – Refugees – Plaintiff 'offshore entry person' – Plaintiff made a request for a refugee status assessment – Delegate determined that Plaintiff did not meet the definition of 'refugee' in Art 1A of the Refugees Convention – Plaintiff applied for independent merits review and subsequently judicial review – Judicial review decision remains reserved – Minister intervened under s 195A of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) and granted the Plaintiff a temporary safe haven visa permitting a stay of seven days and a bridging E visa permitting a stay of six months – Grant of temporary safe haven visa bars plaintiff's application for protection visa under s 91L of the Migration Act – Whether temporary safe heaven visa validly granted – Whether plaintiff's application for a protection visa valid.
Documents
22/08/2012 Application for an order to show cause
27/09/2012 Hearing (Single Justice, Melbourne)
30/10/2012 Hearing (Single Justice, Melbourne)
30/10/2012 Special case stated
11/12/2012 Written submissions (Plaintiff)
11/12/2012 Chronology (Plaintiff)
11/01/2013 Written submissions (Defendant)
21/01/2013 Reply
08/02/2013 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)
29/05/2013 Judgment (Judgment summary)