SZTGV v Minister for Immigration

SZTGV (the applicant) sought judicial review of a decision by the Refugee Review Tribunal (the Tribunal) to refuse his application for a protection visa. The applicant alleged that the Tribunal's decision was affected by jurisdictional error.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether the Tribunal failed to comply with section 424AA of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth) and whether the Tribunal made findings of fact that were demonstrably wrong and unreasonable.

Judge Cameron found that the Tribunal had failed to comply with its obligations under section 424AA of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth) by not providing the applicant with an opportunity to respond to adverse information that was before it. This failure constituted a jurisdictional error. Consequently, the court set aside the Tribunal's decision and remitted the matter to the Tribunal for redetermination according to law.