The WLR Daily case summaries
[2022] WLR(D) 409
King’s Bench Division
Rex (AM) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2022] EWHC 2591 (Admin)
2022 July 12; Oct 14
Lieven J
Immigration— Leave to enter— Domestic violence— Claimant entering United Kingdom on spousal visa as wife of British citizen— Claimant suffering domestic abuse— Claimant travelling to Pakistan with husband where abandoned and separated from daughter— Claimant seeking to return to UK but not entitled to indefinite leave to enter under domestic violence provisions in immigration rules— Whether rules unlawful— Whether discriminatory by reason of different treatment of victims of spousal abandonment occurring inside and outside UK— —
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 14
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Immigration Rules, Appendix FM