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High Court grants judicial review of the decision refusing an Albanian national refugee status, on the grounds that the International Protection Appeals Tribunal’s decision to dismiss his appeal without waiting for an awaited SPIRASI report was based on a fundamental misunderstanding of correspondence, in which all that was due when the appeal was dismissed was an update on when the SPIRASI report would be made available - not the report itself - and this was contrary to the tribunal’s own guidelines on medico-legal reports.
Asylum and immigration – judicial review – Albanian national challenging the decision of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal refusing him refugee status – timeline of events – claimed that criminal gang was extorting him – applied for refugee status – fled to UK – readmitted to the asylum process – application refused – asked tribunal to await expected SPIRASI report – delay in providing the tribunal with an update – appeal dismissed - all that was due was an update on when the SPIRASI report would be made available not the report itself - dismissed the potential probative value of the evidence in the SPIRASI report without ever having seen it – in breach of the tribunal’s own guidelines on medico-legal reports – whether the tribunal’s conclusions were unreasonable and irrational – judicial review granted –
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