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Plaintiff S297/2013 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

[2014] HCA 39
Case number
S297/2013
Before
French CJ
Catchwords

Practice and procedure – Writ of mandamus – Sufficiency of return – Court ordered writ of mandamus issue directing Minister to consider and determine plaintiff's protection visa application according to law – Minister refused plaintiff's application and certified compliance with writ – Plaintiff alleged Minister's decision not made according to law – Plaintiff sought to plead to return of writ.

High Court Rules 2004 (Cth) – rr 6.01.1, 25.08.5, 25.08.7.

Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) – Sched 2, cl 866.226.

Files
39.rtf (112.01 KB)
39.pdf (74.4 KB)