NOTE: CHANGES TO THE MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION (MNC)

The Federal Court adopted a new medium neutral citation (FCAFC) for Full Court judgments effective from 1 January 2002. Single Judge judgments will not be affected and will retain the FCA medium neutral citation.

The transitional arrangements are as follows:

All Full Court judgments delivered prior to 1 January 2002 will retain the FCA medium neutral citation.
All Full Court judgments delivered between 1 January 2002 to 30 April 2002 have been assigned parallel medium neutral citations in both the FCA and FCAFC series.
All Full Court judgments delivered from 1 May 2002 will contain the FCAFC medium neutral citation only.

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VAP v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 162

VAP v THE MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

V 1123 OF 2001

SUNDBERG, MARSHALL AND WEINBERG JJ

MELBOURNE

27 FEBRUARY 2002

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY	V 1123 OF 2001

ON APPEAL FROM A SINGLE JUDGE OF THE

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

BETWEEN:	VAP APPELLANT
AND:	THE MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS RESPONDENT
JUDGES:	SUNDBERG, MARSHALL AND WEINBERG JJ
DATE OF ORDER:	27 FEBRUARY 2002
WHERE MADE:	MELBOURNE

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The appeal be dismissed.

2. The appellant pay the respondent’s costs of the appeal.

Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY	V 1123 OF 2001

ON APPEAL FROM A SINGLE JUDGE OF THE

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

BETWEEN:

VAP

APPELLANT

AND:

THE MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

RESPONDENT

JUDGES:	SUNDBERG, MARSHALL AND WEINBERG JJ
DATE:	27 FEBRUARY 2002
PLACE:	MELBOURNE

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

1 In our reasons for judgment delivered today in VAO v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 161 we dismissed the appeal in that matter. This appeal was heard together in the appeal in VAO. No separate or distinguishable ground of appeal was raised in this appeal which would result in the appeal being allowed if the appeal in VAO were dismissed. Consequently for the reasons we gave in VAO this appeal will also be dismissed with costs.

I certify that the preceding one (1) numbered paragraph is a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of the Honourable Justices Sundberg, Marshall and Weinberg JJ.

Associate:

Dated: 27 February 2002

Counsel for the Appellant:	Mr S McLeish

Solicitor for the Appellant:	Satchi & Co

Counsel for the Respondent:	Mr W Mosley

Solicitor for the Respondent:	Australian Government Solicitor

Date of Hearing:	26 February 2002

Date of Judgment:	27 February 2002

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