High Court refuses judicial review of decision by Residential Institutions Redress Board to refuse to extend time for application for compensation, on grounds that previous High Court authority had determined that ignorance of the existence of the scheme did not constitute "exceptional circumstances" within meaning of relevant legislation.
Judicial review - compensation tribunal - refusal of Residential Institutions Redress Board to extend time for application - s 8(2), Residential Institutions Redress Board Act 2002 - whether exceptional circumstances - 15 December 2005 closing date for applications - application made in 2010 - alleged sexual abuse and emotional neglect - psychological consequences - determination of Board that consequences not so severe that existence of redress scheme could not have come to her attention - whether board correct in its interpretation of statute - acknowledgement that applicant was unaware of redress scheme during statutory time limit - wide number of applicants similarly unaware - whether ignorance of scheme constituted exceptional circumstances - lack of "state of knowledge" test in section 8(2) - previous High Court authority on same point - principle of stare decisis.