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T.U. -v- International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Anor
Sean Mosby 723

T.U. -v- International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Anor

bySean Mosby

The Case

The applicant had applied for international protection in Ireland due to a risk to his safety in his home country of Nigeria. He was seeking from the High Court of Ireland certiorari (i.e. judicial review) of the decision by the Irish International Protection Appeals Tribunal (‘Tribunal’) refusing him such protection.

 

One ground for the applicant’s appeal was that, when he showed the Tribunal the marks and scarring on his body which he alleged were caused by beatings, the Tribunal should have adjourned the hearing, in pursuance of its duty to cooperate with the applicant’s application, to enable him to obtain a medical report dealing with these injuries.

 

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