FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

Singh v Migration Review Tribunal [2004] FCA 1304


 

 

 

 

 

TEJINDER SINGH v MIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL and MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

 

No Q 25 of 2004

 

 

 

SPENDER J

BRISBANE

11 OCTOBER 2004



IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY

Q 25 OF 2004

 

BETWEEN:

TEJINDER SINGH

APPLICANT

 

AND:

MIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL

FIRST RESPONDENT

 

MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

SECOND RESPONDENT

 

JUDGE:

SPENDER J

DATE OF ORDER:

11 OCTOBER 2004

WHERE MADE:

BRISBANE

 

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

 

(1)               The respondent pay the costs of the applicant thrown away by the adjournment on 5 May 2004.

(2)               The applicant otherwise pay the costs of the respondent of and incidental to the application, to be taxed if not agreed.


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



IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY

Q 25 OF 2004

 

BETWEEN:

TEJINDER SINGH

APPLICANT

 

AND:

MIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL

FIRST RESPONDENT

 

MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

SECOND RESPONDENT

 

 

JUDGE:

SPENDER J

DATE:

11 OCTOBER 2004

PLACE:

BRISBANE


REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

1                     I gave judgment in this matter on 25 August 2004, and I then indicated that I would hear the parties on the costs. 

2                     The parties have submitted written submissions.  Those submissions accord with the tentative view I expressed on 25 August 2004. 

3                     I therefore order that:

(a)           The respondent pay the costs of the applicant thrown away by the adjournment on 5 May 2004.

(b)          The applicant otherwise pay the costs of the respondent of and incidental to the application, to be taxed if not agreed.


 




I certify that the preceding three (3) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of the Honourable Justice Spender .



Associate:


Dated:              11 October 2004



Counsel for the Applicant:

Mr Michael Wilson



Solicitor for the Applicant:

Sharma Lawyers



Counsel for the Respondent:

Mr Peter Bickford



Solicitor for the Respondent:

Blake Dawson Waldron



Date of Hearing:

17 May 2004



Date of Judgment:

25 August 2004



Date of Judgment on Costs:

11 October 2004