FFM20 v Minister for Immigration

The applicant, FFM20, sought judicial review of a decision made by a Delegate of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs. FFM20 had been held in immigration detention since 2010. The application concerned whether the Delegate had committed jurisdictional error in their decision-making process.

The central legal issues before the Court were whether the Delegate had erred by failing to consider alternative outcomes available to the applicant, whether procedural fairness had been denied, and whether the Delegate had failed to adequately account for factual findings from previous Court and Tribunal decisions concerning FFM20. Additionally, the Court considered whether the Delegate's decision was affected by actual bias.

Judge Humphreys found that no jurisdictional error had been made out. The Court reasoned that the Delegate had properly considered the relevant matters and had not denied the applicant procedural fairness. Furthermore, the Court determined that the Delegate had taken sufficient account of previous findings of fact and that there was no evidence of actual bias. Consequently, the application was dismissed.