BYI18 and Ors v Minister For Home Affairs and Anor

BYI18 & ORS
v
MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS & ANOR
[2019] HCASL 254
S202/2019

The applicants seek special leave to appeal from the decision of the Federal Court of Australia (Besanko J) dismissing the applicants' appeal from the decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Judge Street) dismissing the applicants' application for judicial review of the decision of the Immigration Assessment Authority to affirm the decision of the delegate of the first respondent to reject the applicants' applications for Safe Haven Enterprise visas.
The applicants have not advanced any reason sufficient to doubt the correctness of the decision of the Federal Court. An appeal to this Court would not enjoy sufficient prospects of success to warrant the grant of special leave to appeal.
Pursuant to r 41.08.1 of the High Court Rules 2004 (Cth), we direct the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order dismissing the application.

G.A.A Nettle M.M Gordon

4 September 2019

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The applicants in this case, BYI18 and others, sought special leave to appeal a decision made by the Federal Court of Australia. The Federal Court had dismissed an earlier appeal from a decision made by the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. The original application for judicial review sought to challenge a decision by the Immigration Assessment Authority, which had affirmed the delegate's decision to reject the applicants' applications for Safe Haven Enterprise visas. The applicants' ultimate goal was to appeal the decision of the Federal Court to the High Court of Australia.

The legal issues that needed to be decided were whether the applicants had presented a compelling enough case for special leave to appeal to the High Court. This required the court to examine the applicants' reasons for doubting the correctness of the Federal Court's decision, as well as the prospects of success of the appeal. The court had to determine whether there was a sufficient likelihood that the appeal would succeed if it were to be heard by the High Court.

The court found that the applicants had not provided any reason that was sufficient to doubt the correctness of the decision made by the Federal Court. Additionally, the court found that the appeal would not have sufficient prospects of success to warrant the grant of special leave to appeal. The court made this decision based on the applicants' failure to provide compelling reasons for doubting the correctness of the Federal Court's decision. As a result, the application for special leave to appeal was dismissed.

Pursuant to the High Court Rules 2004, the Registrar was directed to draw up, sign and seal an order dismissing the application. This decision was made on 4 September 2019, by G.A.A Nettle and M.M Gordon.

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