High Court refuses judicial review of decision refusing Pakistani national subsidiary protection, on the grounds that: he had failed to establish that the International Protection Appeals Tribunal failed to make a reasonable assessment of the documentary evidence; the failure to discuss something is not to be equated with failure to consider it or to have regard to it; and it is for the tribunal to assess the claim, not an expert.
Asylum and immigration – judicial review – Pakistani national challenging the decision refusing him subsidiary protection - travelled via Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece, other unspecified countries and the UK before coming to Ireland – asylum application refused – subsidiary protection application refused - alleged failure to assess documentary evidence - hasn’t established that the tribunal failed to make a reasonable assessment of the documentary evidence - failure to have regard to country information - can’t challenge the decision by reference to something he didn’t submit - alleged rolling together of a series of events - decision-maker is not generally obliged to provide a narrative discussion - alleged failure to make clear findings - alleged complete reliance on inconsistencies and failure to have regard to his explanations - failure to discuss something is not to be equated with failure to consider it or to have regard to it - alleged non-compliance with the procedures directive and subsidiary protection regulation - not a valid complaint - tribunal’s finding under this heading that it was for it, not the expert, to assess the elements of the applicant’s claim is simply impregnably correct - independent medical consultation - alleged failure to consider possible exposure of to persecution or serious harm - alleged error on the face of the record – not pleaded - one can’t claim a factual error in a decision on one’s feet without having laid the proper evidential foundation – judicial review refused.