In a Migration Law Updates email yesterday titled " Good news: AAT reopens "late" application" by Sergio Stagliorio, Sergio (aka the writer) writes about Mark Northam and himself recently summarising the Federal Court (Full Court) decision in DFQ17 where it was held that a "late" Tribunal application was actually NOT late.
To be clear about this, and to give credit where credit is due, Michael Arch, member of the Migration Alliance committee first wrote a full and concise summary about this topic on 29 April 2019 in his article titled "Important Case about Late Filings in the AAT. Salvation may be at Hand".
As a general rule Migration Alliance will release the news first, and unlike some other migration news updates, all news on Migration Alliance is FREE.
Christopher Levingston says:
"These developments with respect to the AAT will have strategic implications for your clients who appear to be out of time, and this may well represent a lifeline to RMAs who find themselves out of time and want to remedy the situation for their clients".
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