El Jejieh v Minister for Home Affairs (No 2)

In *El Jejieh v Minister for Home Affairs (No 2)*, the applicant, El Jejieh, sought judicial review of a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). The dispute concerned the AAT's refusal to set aside a decision made by the Minister for Home Affairs to refuse to grant a protection visa. The matter came before Judge Street of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

The primary legal issues before the Court were whether the AAT had erred in law by failing to identify any practical injustice arising from the Minister's decision, and whether the AAT had made any jurisdictional error in its consideration of the applicant's case. The applicant also sought to challenge the AAT's dismissal of a further amended application.

Judge Street found that the AAT had not made any jurisdictional error. The Court reasoned that the AAT was not required to find practical injustice in order to affirm the Minister's decision, and that its findings were open to it on the evidence before it. The Court also held that the AAT had acted within its powers in dismissing the further amended application. Consequently, the application for judicial review was dismissed.