Kristian Woke aka Uche Ernest Nwoke v Minister for Justice and Equality

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice and Equality
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2015] IEHC 163
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:11 Mar 2015
Judge:MacEochaidh J.
Category:Deportation
Keywords:Deportation, Deportation Order
Country of Origin:Nigeria
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/4422cd4e-fca5-48e4-9b04-7732b46bcce9/2015_IEHC_163_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland

Facts: The applicant applied for asylum in Ireland and presented as a national of Sierra Leone. His application was unsuccessful as was a subsequent application for subsidiary protection, and a deportation order was made against him. He unsuccessfully sought to revoke the order and to re-enter the asylum system. Subsequently information came to light from the British authorities which indicated … Read More

Principles:

Amendment of a deportation order by the Minister for Justice will accord with fair procedures where the proposal to amend is fully and carefully explained to an applicant and where he or she has an opportunity to reply to such a proposal. There is no requirement to revisit all of the issues which need to be considered following the issuing of a proposal to make a deportation order. If the effect of the amendment will be to consider the removal of a person to a territory not originally considered when making the original deportation order, it is incumbent upon the Minister to revisit that issue.

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