Fard v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

In this case, Ms Fard, a citizen of Iran, filed an application in the Federal Court of Australia seeking various orders against the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Ms Fard's application was based on the premise that her partner, Mr Qeumars, is the rightful heir to the throne of Iran. The court was required to determine whether Ms Fard had established a viable cause of action that would entitle her to the orders she sought.

The legal issues before the court were whether Ms Fard had fabricated significant parts of her evidence and whether she had failed to prove the facts on which she relied. The court found that Ms Fard had indeed concocted substantial parts of her evidence to support Mr Qeumars' claim to the Iranian throne. The court also found that Ms Fard had failed to prove the facts necessary to support her application. As a result, the court dismissed Ms Fard's application and ordered her to pay the Minister's costs of the proceeding.

The court's reasoning was based on the evidence presented in the case, including documents that appeared to be in Farsi script and English translations provided by a NAATI-accredited professional translator. The court found that Ms Fard had failed to establish a viable cause of action and had not proven the facts necessary to support her application. The court also found that the documents presented by Ms Fard were not credible and that Ms Fard had fabricated significant parts of her evidence.

The final orders of the court were that Ms Fard's application be dismissed and that she pay the Minister's costs of the proceeding. The court found that there was no reason why the usual principle, that costs follow the event, should not be applied in this case.