AKZ17 v Minister for Immigration and ANOR and ALA17 v Minister for Immigration and ANOR

In applications MLG219/2017 and MLG221/2017, the applicants, identified as AKZ17 and ALA17 respectively, sought judicial review of decisions made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The father of the applicants alleged that he and his family were targets of gang violence, forming the basis of their claims. The Minister for Immigration and another respondent were the first and second respondents.

The central legal issue before Judge McNab was whether the Administrative Appeals Tribunal had erred in its consideration of the claims presented to it. This involved an examination of the Tribunal's assessment of the evidence and the application of relevant legal principles to the facts of the case.

Judge McNab dismissed both applications. The court found no error in the Tribunal's consideration of the claims. Consequently, the applicants were ordered to pay the costs of the First Respondent in both applications, fixed at $5,000 for each. The court also ordered a formal change to the name of the First Respondent to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs.