The claimant said that a decision to deport him on completion of a prison sentence for importing heroin infringed his article 8 rights to private and family life. He would be returned to Pakistan. His British Ctizen girlfriend spoke no Urdu or Punjabi.
Held: The relationship had only begun when the claimant was in prison, and must be discounted. However, there had been no re-offending since his release in 2006, he himself had been in the UK since a very early age, and had no continuing ties in Pakistan, and had only strong ties with the UK. A deportation would be disproportionate.
L Garlicki, P and Judges Sir Nicolas Bratza, G. Bonello, L. Mijovic, D Thor Bjorgvinsson, P. Hirvela and M. Poalelungi
47486/06, [2010] ECHR 27, Times 03-Feb-2010
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European Convention on Human Rights 8
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Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.392702