Ikuga, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 527

Case No C5/2014/4100[2015] EWCA Civ 527
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM THE UPPER TRIBUNAL
(IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM CHAMBER)
Venue Royal Courts of JusticeDate Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Strand
London, WC2A 2LL
LORD JUSTICE LONGMORELADY JUSTICE GLOSTERLORD JUSTICE SALES
THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF IKUGARespondentSECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTApplicant
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Ms Parminder Saini (Instructed by Greenland Lawyer) appeared for ApplicantMr Neil Sheldon (instructed by Government Legal Department) appeared for Respondent
Judgment
[1]We will not give leave on the second and third points which Mr Saini has adumbrated. We think we should give leave on what I will call the point that arises in Mrs Agyarko’s case since, as I indicated earlier, Sir Stephen has already given permission for the point in that case. We think we should also give permission on the first of Mr Saini’s separate new grounds, namely whether the Upper Tribunal should have, as Mr Saini would say, exercised the discretion that the Secretary of State had in deciding whether or not there were insurmountable obstacles.[2]We will be reserving judgment in both Mrs Agyarko’s case and the case of Mrs Ikuga and we will be distributing a draft in the usual way. We will be grateful for corrections; any further submissions to be in writing.

Order

(Judgment reserved).