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The High Court has quashed a Tribunal decision rejecting an Afghan national's claim for refugee status and subsidiary protection, finding the Tribunal's assessment of the applicant's credibility regarding his alleged capture by the Taliban to be based on speculation rather than evidence. The Tribunal had accepted the applicant as an Afghan national but did not find credible his claims of being an English teacher or his account of being detained by the Taliban. The High Court determined that the Tribunal's reasoning, particularly concerning the applicant's account of being given time to decide whether to work with the Taliban, was not supported by objective information and was speculative. The case has been remitted for reconsideration by a differently constituted Tribunal.
judicial review, refugee status, subsidiary protection, credibility assessment, Taliban, Afghanistan, English teacher, capture and detention, speculation, International Protection Act 2015, Tribunal decision quashed, remittal for reconsideration, well-founded fear, serious harm, country of origin information, westernisation.
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