High Court refuses Albanian man’s challenge to rejection of protection claim

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The High Court has refused an Albanian man’s application to overturn the rejection of his international protection claim, finding no legal error in the tribunal’s decision to refuse an oral hearing and reject his account as not credible.

The man, identified in the judgment as K.S., sought to challenge the tribunal’s May 2024 decision. He argued that refusing an oral hearing and the way his evidence was assessed breached fair procedures. The court held that the tribunal’s decision fell within the range of choices open to it and that the evidence had been analysed rationally. It refused the relief he sought.