Somali nationals entitled to legal costs over State's inaction to remove them, High Court rules
Two Somali nationals are entitled to the costs of their legal challenges to orders removing them from Ireland, after the cases were rendered moot when the State failed to enact the orders inside the statutory time period.
At the High Court on Friday, Judge Anthony Barr ruled that the two plaintiffs, who are unrelated, should be awarded their costs for judicial reviews against the 'Return Orders', as the State did not enact them inside the required six-month period.
The legal challenges were taken by the two applicants against the Minister for Justice, Ireland and the Attorney General over the costs of their application to have the Return Orders judicially reviewed.
Judge Barr, in ruling in favour of the two applicants represented by Brian Burns of BKC solicitors, said the matter had become moot, therefore rendering the judicial review challenge proceedings inoperable.
The judge said the Chief State Solicitor had written to the applicants saying the matter, due to delay, could be...
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