Murdoch v Minister for Immigration

Murdoch (the applicant) sought judicial review of a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Migration and Refugee Division) concerning the refusal of a Partner (Provisional) (Class UF) visa and a Partner Migrant (Class BC) visa. The Minister for Immigration was the respondent.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the Tribunal had committed jurisdictional error by taking irrelevant considerations into account when making its decision.

Judge Street found that the Tribunal had not taken irrelevant considerations into account and therefore had not committed jurisdictional error. The application for judicial review was dismissed.