GE & Ors v Chairman of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal & Ors

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Respondent/Defendant:Chairman of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal & Ors
Court/s:Supreme Court
Citation/s:[2005] IESC 15, [2006] 2 IR 11;, Unreported
Judgment Date/s:29 Jul 2004
Judge:Finlay Geoghegan
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Refugee, Refugee Law, Refugee Status
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/81a95bde-b74d-432f-aa17-e7f5bba2c612/2005_IESC_15_2.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

The Tribunal Member who had initially heard the applicants’ cases had delayed making a decision for a considerable amount of time. The Chairman of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal sought to reassign the applicants’ cases to other Tribunal Members. The High Court granted an order of Mandamus requiring that the original Tribunal Member determine the appeals, finding that in circumstances other … Read More

Principles:

Where circumstances warrant the reassigning of an appeal, the Chairman of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal may so reassign the appeal, so long as he acts fairly and respects the principles of natural and Constitutional justice.

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