The WLR Daily case summaries
[2024] WLR(D) 136
Court of Appeal
Rex (LND 1 and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another
[2024] EWCA Civ 278
2024 Feb 22, 23;
March 21
March 21
Underhill, Peter Jackson, Lewis LJJ
Immigration— Leave to enter— Application— Claimant Afghan public official applying to relocate with family to United Kingdom on basis of assistance given to UK authorities in Afghanistan— Scheme for relocation of eligible Afghan nationals requiring applicant to have worked “alongside a UK government department, in partnership with or closely supporting and assisting that department” and to have made “substantive and positive contribution during their employment or work or provision of services towards achieving the UK government’s military objectives or its national security objectives”— Secretary of State refusing application on basis claimant not demonstrating having worked alongside UK government department— Judge allowing claim for judicial review on basis that claimant meeting necessary conditions for eligibility— Whether relevant conditions to be considered as separate requirements— Whether eligibility decision to be quashed and remitted for reconsideration—
Immigration Rules, Appendix ARAP, para 3.6