NATK v MIMIA

[2005] HCATrans 130

[2005] HCATrans 130

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry
  Sydney  No S87 of 2004

B e t w e e n -

NATK

Applicant

and

MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

Respondent

Application for special leave to appeal

Publication of reasons and pronouncement of orders

GUMMOW J
KIRBY J

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

AT CANBERRA ON THURSDAY, 10 MARCH 2005, AT 9.32 AM

Copyright in the High Court of Australia

GUMMOW J:   The applicant is a citizen of Bangladesh.  His application for a protection visa was refused and the refusal was affirmed by the Refugee Review Tribunal.

An application for review by the Federal Court was dismissed and an appeal was unsuccessful.  The Full Court said of the grounds before it that they amounted to an assertion that the decision of the Tribunal was wrong on the merits and that no substance had been given to a complaint of a denial of procedural fairness.

The application to this Court is brought out of time.  An extension of time is necessary.  That extension should be refused because there are no prospects of success on the special leave application.

Pursuant to r 41.11.1 we direct the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order refusing the application for extension of time and dismissing the application with costs.

I publish the disposition signed by Justice Kirby and myself.

AT 9.33 AM THE MATTER WAS CONCLUDED