SZRJX v Minister for Immigration and Anor

The applicant, SZRJX, sought judicial review of a decision made by the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT). The Minister for Immigration and another party were the respondents. The core of the dispute concerned allegations of apprehended bias on the part of the Tribunal, whether the Tribunal posed the correct question for its determination, and whether it had failed to consider all relevant information. The matter came before Judge Raphael.

The primary legal issues before the Court were whether the RRT had committed jurisdictional error by exhibiting apprehended bias, by asking itself an incorrect question, or by failing to consider relevant information. Additionally, the Court was required to consider whether a breach of section 420 of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth) could itself constitute jurisdictional error. The Court also had to determine whether to grant an adjournment to the respondents, whose submissions had been filed out of time.

Judge Raphael found that the Tribunal had not erred in the manner alleged by the applicant. The Court determined that the Tribunal had asked itself the correct question and had adequately considered the relevant information before it. Furthermore, the Court held that a breach of section 420 of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth) does not, in itself, constitute jurisdictional error. Consequently, the application for judicial review was dismissed.