CQF16 v Minister for Immigration

CQF16 (the applicant) sought judicial review of a decision by the Minister for Immigration (the respondent) concerning a protection visa application. The applicant arrived in Australia in June 2012 and lodged their protection visa application approximately three years later. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal had previously considered the application and complied with division 4 of part 7 of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth). The applicant failed to appear at the hearing for the judicial review application.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the respondent's decision was affected by an error of law, notwithstanding the applicant's failure to attend the hearing. The court was required to consider the merits of the application for judicial review in the absence of the applicant.

His Honour Judge Wilson reasoned that the applicant had not demonstrated any error of law on the part of the respondent. The court noted that the applicant had not provided any material to suggest that the Tribunal's decision was flawed or that the respondent had acted unlawfully. Given the applicant's failure to appear and the lack of any substantive grounds for review, the application was dismissed.