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

HRZN
v
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs & Anor
[2022] HCASL 211
M57/2022

This application for special leave to appeal from a judgment of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Yates, Abraham and McElwaine JJ) does not identify any reason to doubt the correctness of the decision of the Full Court nor any reason that could support the proposed ground that the applicant was denied procedural fairness by the Full Court. An appeal to this Court would have no prospects of success. The application should be dismissed.
Pursuant to r 41.08.1 of the High Court Rules 2004 (Cth), we direct the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order dismissing the application.

J.J. Edelman J.S. Gleeson

8 December 2022

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The applicants in the case, HRZN, sought special leave to appeal against a decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia. The applicants contested the correctness of the Full Court's decision and argued that they were denied procedural fairness during the appeal process. The Full Court had previously dismissed the applicants' appeal in relation to their immigration status, finding that their claims did not meet the threshold for refugee status under Australian law.

The legal issues before the High Court were whether there was any reason to doubt the correctness of the Full Court's decision, and whether the applicants were denied procedural fairness in the appeal process. The High Court considered whether the applicants had identified any error in the Full Court's decision that could support their proposed ground for appeal, and whether there were any other grounds for allowing the appeal.

The High Court found that the applicants had not identified any reason to doubt the correctness of the Full Court's decision, nor any reason that could support the proposed ground that the applicants were denied procedural fairness. The Court held that an appeal to the High Court would have no prospects of success. Accordingly, the application for special leave to appeal was dismissed.

The High Court directed the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order dismissing the application. This order finalises the legal dispute between the applicants and the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs and the other respondent.

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