Facts: The applicant in AA (Nigeria) v Refugee Appeals Tribunal [2015] IEHC 47 sought a certificate of leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal against the decision of the High Court there refusing him leave to challenge the Tribunal’s refusal of his application for refugee status on the basis that the judgment involved a point of law of exceptional … Read More
AA (Nigeria) v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Ireland and the Attorney General
| Respondent/Defendant: | Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Ireland and the Attorney General |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2015] IEHC 210 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 27 Mar 2015 |
| Judge: | Eagar J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Asylum, Country of Origin Information, Persecution, Refugee, Refugee Law |
| Country of Origin: | Nigeria |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/3b68f25b-8289-4af6-bdb9-d8361f7a4376/2015_IEHC_210_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | A certificate of leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal from the refusal of the High Court to quash a decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal can only be granted where there is a point of law of exceptional public interest and where it is in the public interest that a certificate be granted. There is no basis for granting a certificate on the basis that the Tribunal allegedly erred in not consulting country of origin information where the subjective claim for asylum was so lacking in credibility that there was no need for the Tribunal to have done so before rejecting it. No point of law of exceptional public importance arises in such a case. |