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
NAA v Refugee Applications Commissioner & Ors
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 |
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. |