Facts:The applicant obtained leave to challenge a refusal of the Minister for Justice to revoke a deportation order in respect of him and, having obtained an interim injunction enjoining his deportation at that time, then sought an interlocutory injunction. In the letter seeking revocation, the applicant’s solicitors repeated submissions which had been made in respect of the leave to remain … Read More
EMO v Minister for Justice and Equality
| Respondent/Defendant: | Minister for Justice and Equality |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2015] IEHC 444 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 13 Jul 2015 |
| Judge: | MacEochaidh J. |
| Category: | Deportation |
| Keywords: | Deportation, Deportation Order |
| Country of Origin: | Nigeria |
| URL: | http://www.courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/0/21A7AFBD6720F07480257E850050A557 |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | The default position that deportation orders ought to be implemented may not apply where the Minister for Justice has taken a number of years to make a deportation order following an application for leave to remain, during which time the subject of the order has formed a relationship with an Irish citizen and, due to the withholding of his or her passport, been prevented from marrying the other party to the relationship. |