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EEF16 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC2G 645
As an immigration barrister, I feel very protective of the best interests of children. This is a complicated area of law that has the...

Sean Kikkert
May 91 min read
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Morgan v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FCA 266
The Federal Court's (McDonald J) recent judgment in Morgan v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2025] FCA 266 dealt with...

Sean Kikkert
Apr 241 min read
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Legalwise 2025 Immigration Law Conference
I was very excited to travel to Sydney to present at the Legalwise 2025 Immigration Law Conference. I presented on the best interests of...

Sean Kikkert
Apr 221 min read
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A whirlwind of a month
December has turned out to be a whirlwind of a month - one filled with hearings and other court deadlines. My son has consistently been...

Sean Kikkert
Dec 13, 20241 min read
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Reinstatement of immigration applications
At times we are approached by clients in immigration matters seeking a reinstatement of their application after it was dismissed due to...

Sean Kikkert
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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Legal Adventures With My Son
At the tender age of one, my son has already had more exposure to the judicial system than some people do in a lifetime. As two busy...

Sean Kikkert
Aug 10, 20241 min read
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Considering new information pursuant to s 473DD of the Migration Act
When the Immigration Assessment Authority assesses whether it is permitted to consider new information pursuant to s 473DD of the...

Sean Kikkert
Jul 13, 20241 min read
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Post - 24 May 2024
It has been an emotional week for me. On Monday, I was assessed as being both autistic and having ADHD. To say that discovering this...

Sean Kikkert
Jun 30, 20242 min read
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Harjit Singh Randhawa v the Minister of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs [1994] FCA 1253; (1994) 124 ALR 265
For those of us who appear or advocate in refugee and humanitarian visa matters, it can be challenging to convince a decision-maker to...

Sean Kikkert
Mar 21, 20241 min read
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Helping Tribunals and Courts understand the customs, culture and reality of life in different regions
One of the big challenges that immigration lawyers and migration agents face is getting tribunals and courts to understand circumstances...

Sean Kikkert
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Immigration law can often be interpreted in ways that seem contrary to common sense
Law, and in particular immigration law, can often be interpreted in ways that seem contrary to common sense. I recall a 2014 Federal...

Sean Kikkert
Dec 13, 20231 min read
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The Tribunal's duty to consider an applicant's claims
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) or Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA) may at times fail to address an applicant's claims...

Sean Kikkert
Dec 1, 20231 min read
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Refusal of protection visa on the basis that an applicant 'is a danger to the Australian community'
It can be challenging to seek review of a decision refusing a protection visa on the basis that an applicant is a person whom the...

Sean Kikkert
Nov 14, 20231 min read
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Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSSJ [2016] HCA 29; (2016) 259 CLR 180
It is essential that government decision-making is conducted in a way so as to not constrain an applicant in the opportunity to present...

Sean Kikkert
Nov 2, 20231 min read
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Apprehended Bias in Immigration Decisions
Sometimes an immigration decision or other administrative decision can give rise to an apprehension of bias. While such an error does not...

Sean Kikkert
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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While the AAT is permitted to act in an inquisitorial manner, it must do in accordance with law
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal is permitted to act in an inquisitorial manner. However, if you have a case where the Tribunal has...

Sean Kikkert
Oct 30, 20231 min read
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473DD of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)
When trying to decide whether or not there are grounds for challenging a decision of the Immigration Assessment Authority, it is...

Sean Kikkert
Oct 24, 20231 min read
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Graduation from SA Bar Readers' Program and receipt of Christopher Legoe AO KC Endeavor Award
As a young father, I loved having my babies and young children with me for significant milestones such as graduations and my admission as...

Sean Kikkert
Oct 17, 20231 min read
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Speaking Out Against the Nazis
It is a fact of life that doing the right thing is often painful, difficult, and lonely. My grandfather Tony discovered just how...

Sean Kikkert
Jul 2, 20233 min read
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"Sweetheart's Lake" has now been released
I'm really excited that my second Regency Mystery "Sweetheart's Lake" has now been released. This book means a lot to me, and I'm so...

Sean Kikkert
Jun 19, 20221 min read
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