BRAR (Migration)

The applicant, BRAR, sought judicial review of a decision by the Migration Review Tribunal. The dispute concerned the validity of an application for review lodged with the Tribunal.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to consider BRAR's application for review, given that the application was received by the Tribunal after the prescribed time limit.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not received until 5 January 2017. As this date was outside the timeframe stipulated by the relevant legislation for lodging such an application, the Tribunal concluded that the application was not made in accordance with the law. Consequently, the Tribunal found that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

The Tribunal therefore made no substantive decision on the merits of BRAR's application, as it had no jurisdiction to do so.