Cve18 v Minister for Home Affairs

The applicant, Cve18, sought judicial review of a decision made by the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA) concerning their application for a Safe Haven Enterprise visa. The dispute centred on whether the IAA had properly considered all the evidence before it and whether its decision-making process was affected by bias or lacked an evident and intelligible justification for its adverse findings. The matter was heard before Judge Street.

The court was required to determine whether the IAA committed jurisdictional error in its assessment of Cve18's visa application. Specifically, the court had to consider whether the IAA failed to take into account all relevant considerations, whether its adverse findings were supported by an evident and intelligible justification, and whether the decision-making process was tainted by bias.

Judge Street found that the IAA had considered the evidence before it and that its adverse findings were supported by an evident and intelligible justification. The court concluded that there was no evidence of bias on the part of the IAA. Consequently, no jurisdictional error was made out. The amended application was therefore dismissed.