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[2024] HCAB 3 (23 April 2024)

A record of recent High Court of Australia cases: decided, reserved for judgment, awaiting hearing in the Court’s original jurisdiction, granted special leave to appeal, refused special leave to appeal and not proceeding or vacated

1: Summary of New Entries
2: Cases Handed Down
3: Cases Reserved
4: Original Jurisdiction
5: Section 40 Removal
6: Special Leave Granted
7: Cases Not Proceeding or Vacated
8: Special Leave Refused

1: Summary of New Entries

2: Cases Handed Down

Case	Title
LPDT v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs	Administrative Law (Cth)
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kola	Criminal Practice
Director of Public Prosecutions v Benjamin Roder (a pseudonym)	Criminal Practice
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs v McQueen	Immigration
Miller v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs	Statutes

3: Cases Reserved

Case	Title
CBI Constructors Pty Ltd & Anor v Chevron Australia Pty Ltd	Arbitration
ASF17 v Commonwealth of Australia	Constitutional Law
Attorney-General for the State of Tasmania v Casimaty & Anor	Constitutional Law
Dayney v The King	Criminal Law
Director of Public Prosecutions v Smith	Criminal Practice
Capic v Ford Motor Company of Australia Pty Ltd ACN 004 116 223	Trade Practices
Williams & Anor v Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited; Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited v Williams & Anor	Trade Practices

4: Original Jurisdiction

5: Section 40 Removal

6: Special Leave Granted

Case	Title
Fuller & Anor v Lawrence	Administrative Law
Birketu Pty Ltd ACN 003 831 392 & Anor v Atanaskovic & Ors	Costs
Kramer & Anor v Stone	Equity
Pafburn Pty Limited (ACN 003 485 505) & Anor v The Owners - Strata Plan No 84674 (S12/2024)	Tort

7: Cases Not Proceeding or Vacated

8: Special Leave Refused

2: Cases Handed Down

The following cases were handed down by the High Court of Australia during the April 2024 sittings.

Administrative Law (Cth)

LPDT v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs & Anor

M70/2023: [2024] HCA 12

Judgment delivered: 10 April 2024

Coram: Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ

Catchwords:

Administrative law (Cth) – Judicial review – Jurisdictional error – Materiality – Threshold of materiality – Principles to be applied.
Immigration – Visas – Cancellation of visa – Where appellant committed and found guilty of offences – Where appellant sentenced to terms of imprisonment – Where appellant's visa mandatorily cancelled under s 501(3A) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where delegate of Minister refused application to revoke cancellation – Where appellant applied to Administrative Appeals Tribunal to review delegate's decision – Where Tribunal required to comply with Direction given by Minister under s 499 of Migration Act in determining whether "another reason" why visa cancellation should be revoked – Where Direction required Tribunal engage in evaluative assessment of relevant mandatory considerations – Where Tribunal's decision involved error – Whether Tribunal's decision affected by jurisdictional…

Grounds of appeal

[14] The appellant contends that the primary judge erred in finding that the respondent had discharged the onus of establishing the matters required under the relevant provision.

[15] It was submitted that his Honour failed to give adequate weight to the evidence of the second witness, and that the findings of fact were not reasonably open on the material before the Court.

[16] The respondent, for its part, submits that no error is disclosed, and that the conclusions reached were well within the range of outcomes available to the primary judge.

Consideration

[17] It is convenient to deal first with the question of construction, as the resolution of that issue informs the remaining grounds advanced by the appellant.

[18] For the reasons that follow, we are of the view that the appeal should be allowed in part and the matter remitted for further determination.

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Case: [2024] HCAB 3
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CaseChat Overview and Summary

The High Court of Australia recently handed down several significant judgments, including decisions in criminal law, administrative law, and constitutional law. In LPDT v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, the court addressed the issue of jurisdictional error in the cancellation of an immigration visa. The court held that the Tribunal's decision was affected by jurisdictional error and was material, leading to the visa cancellation being quashed. In Director of Public Prosecutions v Kola, the court dealt with the interpretation of conspiracy charges in the context of drug importation offences. The High Court found that the trial judge had properly directed the jury, ensuring that they could not consider the conduct of co-conspirators outside the respondent's presence in determining the scope of the conspiracy. In Miller v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, the court considered the validity of an application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for review of a visa cancellation decision where the application did not contain a statement of reasons. The High Court held that non-compliance with the requirement to include a statement of reasons did not result in the application being invalid. In Tapiki v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, the court examined the validity of the Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Act 2023, which retroactively altered the interpretation of "term of imprisonment" for visa cancellation purposes. The High Court found that the Act was an invalid usurpation of judicial power. These decisions underscore the court's role in interpreting legislation, ensuring procedural fairness, and protecting individual rights within the framework of Australian law.

Orders