Alm20 v Minister for Immigration

The applicant, Alm20, sought judicial review of a decision by the Minister for Immigration to refuse a protection visa. The applicant claimed a fear of harm in Nepal, but the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) found the applicant's claims to be substantially disbelieved and other asserted fears not to be well founded. The application to the Federal Court of Australia was brought before Driver J.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the AAT had committed a jurisdictional error in its review of the protection visa refusal. The applicant did not assert any specific grounds of jurisdictional error in the proceedings.

Driver J found that no arguable case of jurisdictional error had been made out. The court applied the principles governing judicial review of administrative decisions, focusing on whether the AAT had acted within its jurisdiction. As no jurisdictional error was identified or argued, the court concluded that there was no basis for setting aside the AAT's decision.