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The High Court refused leave to seek judicial review of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal's (IPAT) decision refusing refugee status and subsidiary protection. The court found no substantial grounds to challenge the IPAT's decision, which was based on credibility issues regarding the Georgian national's claim of psychological oppression by family members after a fatal car accident. The court also found that the applicant had not been denied fair procedures by the IPAT's refusal to hold an oral hearing and that the medical evidence provided did not establish a correlation between the applicant's mental health issues and the alleged ill-treatment.
International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT), International Protection Officer (IPO), judicial review, refugee status, subsidiary protection, credibility issues, oral hearing, medico-legal report, psychological oppression, substantial grounds threshold, Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000, fair procedures, mental health issues, PTSD, Georgia, safe country of origin.
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