PDO v Minister for Justice and Others

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice and Equality, Refugee Applications Commissioner, Ireland and the Attorney General
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2015] IEHC 145
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:06 Mar 2015
Judge:MacEochaidh J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Refugee
Country of Origin:Nigeria
URL:http://www.courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/0/7CF7735399506BC480257E19002EBB0A
Geographic Focus:Ireland

Facts:The applicant applied for asylum in Ireland. Having investigated her application, the Refugee Applications Commissioner recommended that she be refused refugee status. She challenged this by way of judicial review and also appealed to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, which affirmed the recommendation before the judicial review proceedings came on for hearing. The court was asked to rule on a preliminary … Read More

Principles:

In appeals to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal “on the papers,” a decision taken by the Tribunal on such an appeal will render moot any challenge in the courts to the first instance decision appealed against.

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