Wickramasena, U.K. v Griffin, J

The case before the court involved the applicant, U.K. Wickramasena, who sought judicial review of a decision by the second respondent, the Minister for Immigration, to refuse his application for permanent resident status. The primary focus of the case was whether the Minister breached the principles of natural justice by failing to disclose certain documents to the applicant, which the Minister had relied upon in making the decision. Additionally, the applicant argued that the Minister failed to consider all relevant circumstances.

The court was tasked with determining whether the obligation of natural justice required the Minister to disclose the documents to the applicant and whether these particular documents raised matters upon which the applicant should have been heard. The court also needed to consider whether the Minister's failure to consider one matter in the initial decision could be overcome by the subsequent reconsideration of the matter.

The court found that the Minister was not obliged to disclose the documents to the applicant, as the documents did not raise matters upon which natural justice required the applicant to be heard. The court held that the reconsideration of the matter by the Minister, where all relevant matters were considered, overcame any failure to consider one matter in the initial decision. Consequently, the court dismissed the application and ordered that the applicant pay the costs of the respondent.