WORRALLO v Minister for Immigration

The applicant, Worrallo, sought judicial review of a decision made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) concerning an application for a Partner (Temporary) (class UK) (subclass 820) visa. The Minister for Immigration was the first respondent. The dispute centred on whether the AAT had committed jurisdictional error in its handling of the application.

The primary legal issues before the Federal Court were whether the AAT failed to consider a relevant issue arising from the material before it, whether the AAT's decision was affected by bias, and whether the AAT failed to exercise its jurisdiction in relation to an independent expert. Additionally, the Court considered whether the AAT had failed to comply with specific provisions of the *Migration Act 1948* (Cth), namely sections 359A or 359AA(1)(b)(iii).

Justice Street found that no jurisdictional error had been made out by the applicant. The Court determined that the AAT had adequately considered the material before it and that there was no evidence of bias. Furthermore, the Court concluded that the AAT had not failed to exercise its jurisdiction in relation to the independent expert and had complied with the relevant sections of the *Migration Act*.

Consequently, the Court granted leave to the applicant to rely on their amended application but ultimately dismissed the amended application. The applicant was ordered to pay the first respondent's costs, fixed at $7,467.00.