The claimant had had indefinite leave to remain. He was convicted of a serious offence and ordered to be deported. He successfully appealed against that order, but now said that the effect of that was to revive his indefinite leave to remain.
Held: His appeal succeeded.
Judges:
Maurice Kay, Stanley Burnton LJJ, Sir Stephen Sedley
Citations:
[2012] EWCA Civ 1362, [2012] WLR(D) 290, [2013] Imm AR 197, [2013] 1 WLR 1319, [2013] INLR 281
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – George v Secretary of State for The Home Department Admn 9-Dec-2011
The claimant sought judicial review of the refusal to reinstate his indefinite leave to remain after successfully appealing against a deportation order.
Held: The claim failed. Bidder QC J said: ‘the wording of section 5 is tolerably clear and . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – George, Regina (on The Application of) v The Secretary of State for The Home Department SC 14-Mar-2014
The court was asked: ‘If a criminal who previously had leave to remain in this country is liable to deportation because of his offences, but cannot actually be deported because to remove him would infringe his rights under the European Convention . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Immigration, Crime
Updated: 05 November 2022; Ref: scu.465111
