FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

Applicant S1152/2003 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2007] FCA 1472



 


 


 


 


APPLICANT S1152/2003 v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP AND REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL

NSD 1353 OF 2007

 

MOORE J

18 SEPTEMBER 2007

SYDNEY



IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY

NSD 1353 OF 2007

 

ON APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL MAGISTRATES COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

BETWEEN:

APPLICANT S1152/2003

Applicant

 

AND:

MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP

First Respondent

 

REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL

Second Respondent

 

 

JUDGE:

MOORE J

DATE OF ORDER:

18 SEPTEMBER 2007

WHERE MADE:

SYDNEY

 

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

 

1.                  The application for leave to appeal be dismissed.

2.                  The applicant pay the first respondent's costs fixed in the sum of $1200.


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



IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY

NSD 1353 OF 2007

 

ON APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL MAGISTRATES COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

BETWEEN:

APPLICANT S1152/2003

Applicant

 

AND:

MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP

First Respondent

 

REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL

Second Respondent

 

 

JUDGE:

MOORE J

DATE:

18 SEPTEMBER 2007

PLACE:

SYDNEY


REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

1                     This is what purports to be a notice of appeal from a judgment of a Federal Magistrate of 28 June 2007: see Applicant S1152/2003 v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2007] FMCA 1536, which was almost certainly interlocutory.  I will treat the matter as an application for leave to appeal.

2                     The applicant has not appeared at the hearing.  Having regard to the correspondence from the Court of 29 August 2007 and from the Australian Government Solicitor of 13 September 2007 addressed to the applicant at his address for service, I am satisfied that the applicant was aware that the matter was listed for hearing today.  The solicitor appearing for the Minister has sought that the application be dismissed on the basis that the applicant has not appeared.  I propose to order that the application be dismissed. I order that the applicant pay the respondent’s costs fixed in the sum of $1200.

 

I certify that the preceding two (2) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of the Honourable Justice Moore.



Associate:


Dated:         25 September 2007


 

 

Solicitor for the Respondent:

Australian Government Solicitor

 

 

Date of Hearing:

18 September 2007

 

 

Date of Judgment:

18 September 2007