NAA v Refugee Applications Commissioner & Ors

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Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Applications Commissioner & Ors
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2007] IEHC54
Judgment Date/s:23 Feb 2007
Judge:Finlay Geoghegan
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Refugee, Refugee Law, Refugee Status
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/3840f011-bd13-40a8-bac9-4fe7e3c2a0c7/2007_IEHC_54_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

The Commissioner refused the applicant a declaration and applied Section 13(6) of the Refugee Act 1996 with the result that the applicant would not have an oral hearing on appeal. The applicant’s legal representatives filed a notice of appeal,  requesting the Tribunal to delay making a decision while the applicant sought to quash the Commissioner’s decision on the basis of … Read More

Principles:

Decisions of the Refugee Applications Commissioner do not merge with those of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Where an appeal has been determined an applicant will usually be unable to challenge the Commissioner’s decision, save where there are special circumstances.

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