USI v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2011] IEHC 144
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:07 Apr 2011
Judge:Cooke J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Refugee, Refugee Law
Country of Origin:Nigeria
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/89d0ae7e-4bf5-40a5-b537-73d036ffb4e8/2011_IEHC_144_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland

The Applicant was a Nigerian national and an asylum seeker. She claimed to have been persecuted by her step-mother in Nigeria. The Refugee Applications Commissioner found that her account of that alleged persecution was incredible and recommended that she not be declared a refugee. In its decision on her appeal against that recommendation, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal made no clear … Read More

Principles:

It is within the power of the High Court to remit a decision to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal with a recommendation that it be further considered by the Tribunal member in question

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