May 2021
Chair: Michael Conlon SC
Speakers & Topics:
Hilkka Becker, Chairperson, International Protection Appeals Tribunal - update on the work of the IPAT including:
New inadmissibility provision regarding the UK - safe third country principle.
Medico legal reports and Section 23 International Protection Act.
Noel Travers SC - The breadth of the definition of “child” in the context of family reunification under the International Protection Act 2015 as construed by the Supreme Court in its judgment of 9 June 2020 in MJE, Ireland & AG v X and related matters