High Court refuses judicial review of the decision refusing a Zimbabwean national and her daughter international protection, on the grounds that she had failed to discharge the burden of proof resting on her to establish credibility, and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal was entitled to decline to apply the benefit of doubt to those facts that remained in doubt.
Asylum and immigration – judicial review – Zimbabwean mother and daughter challenging the decision refusing them International Protection – credibility assessment – extension of time – impugned decision - whether the applicants were entitled to the benefit of the doubt - Tribunal accepted on the balance of probabilities that the first named applicant was the victim of physical violence - threats of arranged marriage of her dependent daughter and the fathers connections with Zanu-PF not believed - applicants take issue with the manner in which the Tribunal considered whether the benefit of the doubt should be applied to these uncertain material facts – relevant statutory provisions - principles in relation to the assessment of credibility – Once the applicant’s general credibility has been established, undocumented aspects of the applicant’s case do not need to be confirmed i.e. can get the benefit of the doubt where, but only where, the four other factors in s. 28 (7)(a) to (d) are satisfied - failed to discharge the burden of proof resting on her to establish credibility and the Tribunal was entitled to decline to apply the benefit of doubt to those facts that remained in doubt – judicial review refused –