SZAXY v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2006] FCA 959 (27 July 2006)

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FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SZAXY v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2006] FCA 959

SZAXY v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS AND REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL
NSD 1076 OF 2006


MOORE J
27 JULY 2006
SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY	NSD 1076 OF 2006

ON APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL MAGISTRATES COURT OF AUSTRALIA

BETWEEN:	SZAXY Applicant
AND:	MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS First Respondent REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL Second Respondent

JUDGE:	MOORE J
DATE OF ORDER:	27 JULY 2006
WHERE MADE:	SYDNEY

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The application be dismissed.
2. The applicant pay the first respondent’s costs.

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 1076 OF 2006

ON APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL MAGISTRATES COURT OF AUSTRALIA

BETWEEN:	SZAXYApplicant
AND:	MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRSFirst RespondentREFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNALSecond Respondent

JUDGE:	MOORE J
DATE:	27 JULY 2006
PLACE:	SYDNEY

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

1	This is an application for leave to appeal against a judgment of a Federal Magistrate of 30 January 2006 summarily dismissing an application for judicial review of a decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal of 19 May 2003: see SZAXY v Minister for Immigration [2006] FMCA 104. His Honour found that the proceedings were barred by the principles of res judicata or Anshun estoppel, or alternatively, were an abuse of the Court's process. Those conclusions were reached against a background where the applicant had brought three previous proceedings, all of which were unsuccessful, in relation to the same Tribunal decision, first in the Federal Magistrates Court, then this Court and ultimately in the High Court: see SZAXY v Minister for Immigration [2004] FMCA 743, SZAXY v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCA 76, SZAXY v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] HCATrans 410.
2	The applicant was notified by letter dated 7 July that the matter was listed for hearing this afternoon. The matter has been called. There has been no appearance on behalf of the applicant.
3	On the application of the Minister I dismiss the application with costs for want of prosecution. I order that the applicant pay the first respondent's costs.

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

Associate:

Dated: 4 August 2006

Counsel for the Respondent:	Mr J Mitchell
Solicitor for the Respondent:	Blake Dawson Waldron
Date of Hearing:	27 July 2006
Date of Judgment:	27 July 2006