High Court Registry closure

The High Court Registry will be closed from 4.00pm on Wednesday, 24 December 2025 and will re-open at 9:00am on Friday, 2 January 2026.

Any party seeking to file a document due to be filed between 25 December 2025 and 1 January 2026 has an automatic extension of time under the  High Court Rules 2004 (Rule 4.01.5) until 4:00pm on Friday, 2 January 2026 to file the document. Any documents lodged between 25 December 2025 and 1 January 2026 will be reviewed on 2 January 2026.

All inquiries for the High Court will be considered when the Registry re-opens on Friday, 2 January 2026.If a matter is of extreme urgency, you may telephone 1800 570 566, select Option 1 and leave a voicemail. In addition provide details by email to: registry@hcourt.gov.au.

Applicant S270/2019 v. Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

Case No. S47/2020
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

07/08/2019 Federal Court of Australia (Greenwood, Charlesworth & O’Callaghan JJ)

Catchwords

Migration law – Non-refoulement – Where appellant’s visa was cancelled on character grounds pursuant to s 501(3A) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where appellant sought to have cancellation decision revoked pursuant to s 501CA(4) of Act – Whether Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, when determining whether to exercise power under s 501CA(4) to revoke decision to cancel visa made pursuant to s 501(3A), must consider whether person seeking revocation is owed non-refoulement obligations by Australia.

Documents

20/03/2020 Hearing (SLA, Canberra)

01/04/2020 Notice of appeal

08/05/2020 Chronology (Appellant)

11/05/2020 Written submissions (amended) (Appellant)

10/06/2020 Written submissions (amended) (Respondent)

26/06/2020 Reply

05/08/2020 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)

05/08/2020 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)

05/08/2020 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)

14/08/2020 Written submissions (supplementary) (Appellant)

14/08/2020 Written submissions (supplementary) (Respondent)

09/09/2020 Judgment (Judgment summary)