Apo18 v Minister for Home Affairs

The applicant, Apo18, sought judicial review of a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) which affirmed the Delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs' refusal to grant a protection visa. The application was heard by Dowdy J in the Federal Court of Australia.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether the AAT's decision involved jurisdictional error. The applicant asserted several grounds for finding such error, primarily related to factual inaccuracies in the AAT's assessment.

Dowdy J considered each of the applicant's asserted grounds for jurisdictional error. The Court found that none of the grounds advanced by the applicant established that the AAT had made a jurisdictional error. Consequently, the application for judicial review was dismissed.