Recent cases on the irrationality and unreasonableness grounds of review
05 Sep 2016
Reasonableness and rationality grounds of review: Keep calm and carry on
Justice Debra Mortimer
Presentation to the Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Canberra, 5 September 2016
1 The leading authorities
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS [2010] HCA 16; 240 CLR 611
Minister for Immigration v Li [2013] HCA 18; 249 CLR 332
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh [2014] FCAFC 1 231; FCR 437
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Stretton [2016] FCA 1 1; 237 FCR 1
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Eden [2016] FCAFC 28
2 Successful irrationality cases in the Federal Court since SZMDS
Full Court
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZLSP [2010] FCAFC 108; 187 FCR 362
Tisdall v Webber [2011] FCAFC 76; 193 FCR 260 
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v CZBP [2014] FCAFC 105
Haritos v Commissioner ofTaxation [2015] FCAFC 92; 233 FCR 315
SZTAP v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 175; 238 FCR 404
Single Judge
Christiansen v Social Security Appeals Tribunal [2010] FCA 1146; 53 AAR 166
SZLSP v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 451
SZSFS v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 534; 232 FCR 262
3 Successful unreasonableness cases in the Federal Court since Li
Full Court
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh [2014] FCAFC 1; 231 FCR 437
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSNW [2014] FCAFC 145; 229 FCR 197
Single Judge
SZRHL v Ministerfor Immigration and Citizenship (now Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) [2013] FCA 1093
SZTGS v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCA 908
Kaur v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCA 915; 236 FCR 393
Siddique v Ministerfor Immigration & Border Protection [2014] FCA 1352
Pathak v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 683; 231 FCR 556
Huynh v Ministerfor Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 701 ; 232 FCR 497
AZ4FB v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1383; 68 AAR 171
ABAR15 v Ministerfor Immigration and Border Protection (No 2) [2016] FCA 721
Shaw v Buljan [2016] FCA 829
4 An example of restraint
Cotterill v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 61
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