by Paul Cutler | Feb 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Visas can be cancelled on the basis that the holder is not of good character under section 501 of the Migration Act. This usually means that the person has a “substantial criminal record”. The decision to cancel is discretionary and subject to review in...
by Paul Cutler | Dec 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The issue of people being held on Manus or Nauru having their applications for medical treatment in Australia denied often receives media coverage. Likewise, there have been a number of cases where these people have made applications to prevent their return to Manus...
by Paul Cutler | Nov 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
It is impossible in the space I allow for a blog post to do justice to the case of AJL20 v Commonwealth [2020] FCA 1305. However, everybody who has ever studied administrative law will know that (at least in Australia) there is no such thing as an unlimited power....
by Paul Cutler | Oct 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
The activities of the (former) firm S&S Migration are so infamous that the Full Federal Court judgment in Katragadda v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCAFC 143 commences with: “…this is yet...
by Paul Cutler | Sep 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
The combined effect of section 66(2)(d) of the Migration Act and the associated regulations is that there is a strict (non-extendable) 21 day period in which an application for merits review can be lodged with the AAT. If an application is made outside of that time...
by Paul Cutler | Aug 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Much to the frustration of many clients, fact finding by the AAT is not normally able to be challenged in judicial review proceedings in the courts. One very limited exception to that proposition is if the fact finding is “irrational, illogical and not based on...
