Facts:The applicant had been successful in a judicial review taken by him of a decision of the Refugee Applications Commissioner to make a negative recommendation on his application for asylum. During the course of the hearing, the court raised the issue of whether the provisions of Article 9 of the Qualification Directive (2004/83/EC), pursuant to which discriminatory laws or disproportionate … Read More
PD v Refugee Applications Commissioner and Others (No. 2)
| Respondent/Defendant: | Refugee Applications Commissioner, Minister for Justice and Equality, and the Attorney General |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2015] IEHC 162 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 12 Mar 2015 |
| Judge: | MacEochaidh J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Refugee |
| Country of Origin: | Zimbabwe |
| URL: | http://www.courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/0/02DEED7E5D6B70DB80257E150056C624 |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | A court will be unlikely to award an applicant full costs of a case which he has won, where the point which was dispositive of the case was raised by the court and not by him or her in the pleadings or in other pre-trial work, such as written submissions. |