A to Z RPL Pty Ltd v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs

In the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, A to Z RPL Pty Ltd (the applicant) sought remedies under section 476 of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth) concerning a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The Tribunal had affirmed a decision not to grant an Employment Nomination. The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs was the first respondent.

The court was required to determine whether the Tribunal had considered the applicant's case, failed to afford procedural fairness, or incorrectly applied the law, thereby committing a jurisdictional error. The applicant contended that the Tribunal's decision involved such an error.

Judge Manousaridis found that the applicant's affidavit did not disclose any jurisdictional error by the Tribunal. The court concluded that the applicant had not succeeded on any of the grounds it relied upon. Consequently, the application was dismissed.

The court ordered that the applicant pay the first respondent's costs, which were set at $6,400. This decision followed the general rule that costs follow the event, and the applicant's submission of financial hardship at that moment was not considered a sufficient reason to depart from this rule.