High Court sets aside Angolan asylum refusal and orders reconsideration

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The High Court set aside an Angolan man’s asylum refusal and sent his case back to a differently constituted panel of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) for reconsideration. The ruling followed a judicial review of the tribunal’s June 2024 refusal.

Judge Garrett Simons found the tribunal had erred in law when it inferred that the applicant had confused which parent was shot and when. The judge said the applicant had consistently stated that both parents were killed, and ruled that the tribunal’s use of his confusion in response to a partial account of his earlier statements to reach an adverse credibility finding was unfair and contrary to legislation.