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WET 052 v. Republic of Nauru

Case No. S267/2017

Case information

Lower Court Judgment

6/11/2017 Supreme Court of Nauru (Khan J)

[2017] NRSC 96

Catchwords

Migration – Nauru (High Court Appeals) Act 1976 (Cth) – Refugees Convention Act 2012 (Nr) – Where appellant applied to Nauru for refugee status determination under Act

Short particulars

Documents

20/11/2017 Notice of appeal

05/02/2018 Written submissions (Appellant)

05/02/2018 Chronology (Appellant)

26/02/2018 Written submissions (Respondent)

12/03/2018 Reply (Appellant)

15/06/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

15/06/2018 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)

15/06/2018 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)

17/10/2018 Judgment (Judgment summary)