FYS18 v Minister for Immigration

The applicant, FYS18, sought judicial review of a decision made by the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA) concerning their protection visa application. The Minister for Immigration was the first respondent, and the IAA was the second respondent. The core of the dispute revolved around whether the IAA's decision was affected by jurisdictional error.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the IAA had made a jurisdictional error in its assessment of FYS18's protection visa application. This required the court to examine the IAA's decision-making process to determine if it had acted outside its legal powers or failed to perform a statutory duty.

Judge Vasta found that the IAA's decision of 2 November 2018 was affected by jurisdictional error. Consequently, the court ordered that a writ of certiorari issue to quash the IAA's decision. Furthermore, a writ of mandamus was ordered, directing the IAA to determine FYS18's protection visa application, lodged on 3 March 2016, according to law. The First Respondent was also ordered to pay the Applicant's costs.