SZAYH v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT 1 This is an application for leave to appeal against a judgment of a Federal Magistrate of 7 November 2006: see SZAYH v Minister for Immigration (No 2) [2005] FMCA 1764. His Honour found that the application for judicial review had no prospects of success and dismissed it as an abuse of process. His Honour also directed that no further order for review of the decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal of 17 June 2003 or for review of the decision of the delegate of the first respondent of 24 May 2002 or for review of any notification of those decisions be accepted for filing without prior leave of the Court. Those orders were made against a background of extensive litigation in the Federal Magistrates Court, this Court and the High Court: see SZAYH v Minister for Immigration [2004] FMCA 771, SZAYH v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCA 4, SZAYH v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] HCATrans 353, SZAYH v Minister for Immigration [2005] FMCA 1122, SZAYH v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCA 1414, SZAYH v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] FCA 240, SZAYH v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] HCATrans 556. 2 In my opinion it was well open to the Federal Magistrate to dismiss the application as he did having regard to the history of that litigation. Any appeal against that judgment has no prospects of success. Accordingly I dismiss the application for leave to appeal and order that the applicant pay the first respondent's costs. I certify that the preceding two (2) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of the Honourable Justice Moore.

Solicitor for the Respondent: Australian Government Solicitor