The applicant challenged the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal on the grounds, inter alia, that the Tribunal relied in part on country of origin information that was not available to the applicant, that the Tribunal was unreasonable in relying on approximate dating, and that the Tribunal was unreasonable in not accepting the applicant’s explanation why he had misdated a letter, in circumstances where the explanation was clearly consistent with the facts.
The Court granted leave, finding that while the matters favourable to the applicant would not constitute substantial grounds for leave individually, as each of the Tribunal’s errors was part of the one process of credibility assessment, the effect of the accumulation of the errors was such as to convert the matter into substantial grounds.
