DGB18 and Anor BY Their Litigaton Guardian SZSKS v Minister for Home Affairs and Anor

The applicants, DGB18 and another, represented by their litigation guardian SZSKS, sought judicial review of a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (the Tribunal). The Minister for Home Affairs and another were the respondents. The dispute concerned the Tribunal's refusal to grant the applicants Protection (Class XA) visas.

The central legal issues before the Court were whether the Tribunal had adequately considered the applicants' claims and the evidence presented, whether it had approached the determination with an independent and impartial mind, and whether the applicants had received a real and meaningful hearing. The Court was also required to consider whether the Tribunal had complied with its statutory obligations and the requirements of procedural fairness.

Justice Street found that the applicants had not established jurisdictional error. The Court declined the invitation to engage in an impermissible merits review of the Tribunal's decision. The applicants' application was accordingly dismissed.