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Migration
Finau v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FCA 8
MIGRATION - procedural fairness - where Administrative Appeals Tribunal decided not to revoke the cancellation of the appellant's visa - whether the Tribunal's decision denied the applicant procedural fairness by failing to advise the applicant of his entitlement to seek an adjournment to provide further evidence - relevance of statutory context to the content of procedural fairness - whether breach of procedural fairness was material - application allowed MIGRATION - procedural fairness - whether Tribunal required to give the applicant notice that his evidence about the strength of his relationship with his siblings may be given little weight - where ground reduces to a complaint about the Tribunal's failure to provide a running commentary on its mental processes and evaluation of his evidence MIGRATION -whether Tribunal fell into jurisdictional error by approaching its task as if s 501CA(4)(b)(ii) of the Migration Act conferred a general discretion as to whether to revoke the visa cancellation instead of
20 Jan 2025 |  PERRY J

Practice and Procedure ; Corporations Law
Masters v Lombe (liquidator), in the matter of Babcock & Brown Limited (in liq) (Application to vary timetable) [2025] FCA 9
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application on the papers to vary timetable for reference to inquire into lump sum costs determinations by Judicial Registrar acting as a Referee - no question of principle - application successful in limited respect.
17 Jan 2025 |  CHEESEMAN J