BHJ20 v Minister for Immigration

The applicant, BHJ20, sought judicial review of a decision made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) concerning their application for a protection visa. The Minister for Immigration was the respondent. The core of the dispute revolved around whether the Tribunal had afforded the applicant procedural fairness and acted reasonably in its conduct of the review, particularly in relation to section 426A of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth).

The central legal issue before Judge Kendall was whether the AAT had committed a jurisdictional error by failing to provide procedural fairness to the applicant, or by acting unreasonably in its application of section 426A of the *Migration Act*. This section pertains to the Tribunal's powers and obligations when dealing with protection visa applications.

Judge Kendall found that the Tribunal had not committed jurisdictional error. The reasoning, though not detailed in the provided text, indicates that the Tribunal's actions were considered to be procedurally fair and reasonable in the circumstances, including its approach under section 426A. Consequently, the application for judicial review was dismissed.