CVT19 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor

CVT19
v
MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS & ANOR
[2023] HCASL 83
S4/2023

The applicant seeks special leave to appeal from a judgment of a single judge of the Federal Court of Australia (Stewart J) exercising its appellate jurisdiction, dismissing an appeal from a decision of what was then the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Judge Street).
The application seeks to raise factual issues not argued before Stewart J. There is no reason to doubt the correctness of Stewart J's decision. Accordingly, an appeal to this Court has no prospects of success.
For those reasons, pursuant to r 41.08.1 of the High Court Rules 2004 (Cth), we direct the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order dismissing the application with costs.

S.J. Gageler J.S. Gleeson

18 May 2023

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The matter involves an applicant, CVT19, who is seeking special leave to appeal against a judgment of a single judge of the Federal Court of Australia. The judgment dismissed an appeal from a decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. The applicant is appealing against the decision of the Federal Circuit Court, which was upheld by the Federal Court. The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, along with another respondent, is defending the decision. The primary dispute revolves around the correctness of the Federal Circuit Court's decision and the subsequent dismissal of the appeal by the Federal Court.

The legal issues that the court had to decide pertain to the correctness of the Federal Circuit Court's decision and whether the applicant's appeal against this decision was justified. The court had to determine whether the applicant's appeal to the Federal Court was dismissed correctly and if there were any errors in the lower court's judgment. Furthermore, the court had to consider whether the applicant's application for special leave to appeal was valid and whether it raised any new factual issues that were not argued before the Federal Court.

The court's reasoning was based on the fact that the application sought to raise factual issues not argued before the Federal Court. The court found that there was no reason to doubt the correctness of the Federal Court's decision, which dismissed the applicant's appeal. The court concluded that an appeal to the High Court had no prospects of success. The court also considered the provisions of the High Court Rules 2004 (Cth) and found that the application for special leave to appeal should be dismissed with costs.

The final order of the court was to dismiss the application for special leave to appeal with costs. The court directed the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order to this effect. The order was signed by S.J. Gageler and J.S. Gleeson on May 18, 2023. The decision highlights the importance of ensuring that all relevant issues are raised before the lower courts and that any appeal to the High Court must have a reasonable prospect of success.

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