Case M92/2024

Plaintiff M19A/2024 & Ors v. Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Case No.

M92/2024; M97/2024

Case Information

Lower Court Judgment

18/10/2024 High Court of Australia (Gordon J)

[2024] HCASJ 39

Catchwords

High Court – appellate jurisdiction – practice – reasons for judgment – where first three appellants granted permanent protection visas in 2011 – where delegate of respondent sent "Notice of Intention to Consider Cancellation" to first appellant under s 116 of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – where first appellant did not receive notification because of change of address – where respondent proceeded to cancellation of visa in 2019 – where first appellant did not receive notification and only discovered cancellation in June 2021 – where no review available in Administrative Appeals Tribunal – where appellants sought constitutional or other writ in original jurisdiction of High Court – application dismissed by primary judge (Gordon J) – where on appeal the appellants sought leave to argue new ground not raised below – whether the decision of the delegate of the Minister to cancel the first appellant's protection visa was vitiated by jurisdiction error – where the delegate of the Minister gave weight to the fact that the fist appellant did not respond to the notice – where there was no legal obligation on the first appellant to respond to such a notice – where, before the hearing of the appeal, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs conceded jurisdictional error raised by the appellants – consent to orders allowing the appeal filed by the parties –  whether reasons for decision required when orders sought by consent – whether appropriate to make orders by consent.

 Documents*

01/11/2024 Notice of Appeal (M92/2024)

15/11/2024 Application for leave to appeal (M97/2024)

03/12/2024 Order consolidating matters and making programming orders

11/12/2024 Amended Notice of appeal

31/01/2025 Written submissions (Appellants)

31/01/2025 Chronology (Appellants)

28/02/2025 Written submissions (Respondent)

14/03/2025 Reply

10/04/2025 Judgment (Judgment summary)

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