Facts: The applicant was a Nigerian national who claimed to be a leading member of the Niger Delta Youth Forum (“NDYF”). In March, 2006 a friend of his, who was general secretary of the NDYF and a computer programmer, was hired by a named politician to clean his computer system of viruses. In the course of his work, his friend … Read More
BAO v Minister for Justice and Others
| Respondent/Defendant: | Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Ireland and the Attorney General |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2015] IEHC 701 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 17 Jun 2015 |
| Judge: | Faherty J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Refugee |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/928b53d2-3fad-4f44-ac8c-b07be2e4162e/2015_IEHC_701_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | When assessing credibility on an application for refugee status, a decision-maker should not necessarily draw negative inferences based on discrepancies between the ASY1 form and the questionnaire. In deciding whether to set aside a decision for flaws in a credibility analysis containing a number of findings, a court should refrain from doing so unless it is unsure what weight has been attached to the various findings. |