Food & Soul Pty Ltd (Migration)

This matter concerned an application for review of a decision relating to the approval of a nomination of a position by Food & Soul Pty Ltd. The sponsoring company, Food & Soul Pty Ltd, had been deregistered and had ceased to exist as a legal entity.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it retained jurisdiction to hear the application for review given the deregistration of the sponsoring company. The Tribunal was required to determine if the deregistration of Food & Soul Pty Ltd rendered the application for review invalid and consequently divested the Tribunal of its jurisdiction.

The Tribunal reasoned that as Food & Soul Pty Ltd had been deregistered and no longer existed as a legal entity, there could be no valid application for review before it. The Tribunal concluded that it therefore lacked jurisdiction in the matter. The Tribunal affirmed the original decision under review.