Justice Anna Katzmann grants asylum seeker leave to appeal to federal court

In a hearing in the federal court on Thursday, federal court judge, Justice Anna Katzmann has granted an asylum seeker who had their personal details exposed online in a major data breach, leave to appeal to the federal court. In the federal court appeal on Thursday the asylum seeker, represented by Shane Prince, argued the initial decision by the federal circuit court to refuse an application for an injunction preventing their removal from Australia was made in error. The Counsel for the immigration minister rejected these submissions. Justice Anna Katzmann granted the asylum seeker leave to appeal, but added that “whether or not this case is heard by the full court or a single judge remains to be seen”. She gave the applicant one week to file their notice of appeal. The federal court judge also criticised the immigration minister, Scott Morrison, for failing to advise the court that other asylum seeker data breach cases were also beginning to make their way into the court.