2302015 (Refugee)

The applicant sought judicial review of a decision made by the Refugee Tribunal. The applicant, a citizen of China, had previously had a decision concerning their protection visa application reviewed by the Tribunal. The current application before the Tribunal was a repeat review application concerning the same delegate's decision.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to conduct a further review of a decision that had already been the subject of a valid review.

The Tribunal reasoned that once a delegate's decision has been validly reviewed by the Tribunal, it ceases to be a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of further review. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain a repeat review application concerning a decision that had already undergone a prior review. The Tribunal concluded that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.