OO v Refugee Appeals Tribunal & Anor

Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal & Anor
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2005] IEHC 42
Judgment Date/s:28 Feb 2005
Judge:Peart
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Refugee, Refugee Law, Refugee Status
URL:http://www.courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/bce24a8184816f1580256ef30048ca50/251dcefb261dac04802570cb00567aa1?OpenDocument

The Refugee Applications Commissioner found that the applicant was not credible and that his claim did not come within the definition of persecution. In refusing the application for leave to seek judicial review, the Court held that a lack of credibility fundamentally infects the subjective element of an applicant’s well-founded fear, and that the objective element becomes irrelevant without a credible subjective element.

Principles:

A lack of credibility may fundamentally infect the subjective element of an applicant’s well-founded fear.

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