Ekn17 v Minister for Immigration

The applicant, Ekn17, sought judicial review of a decision made by the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA) affirming a delegate's decision to refuse the applicant a Safe Haven Enterprise Visa. The proceedings were heard by Judge Obradovic.

The central legal issues before the court were whether the IAA had acted unreasonably in its decision-making process and whether it had failed to exercise its powers under section 473DC of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth). The applicant contended that these failures constituted jurisdictional error.

Judge Obradovic found that jurisdictional error had been established. The court's reasoning, though not detailed in the provided text, led to the conclusion that the IAA's decision was vitiated by such error.

Consequently, the court ordered that a writ of certiorari issue to quash the IAA's decision of 23 September 2019. Further, a writ of mandamus was ordered, remitting the matter to the IAA for redetermination according to law. A writ of prohibition was also issued, preventing the Minister and his delegates from acting upon the quashed IAA decision. The Minister was ordered to pay the applicant's costs.