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United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments


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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKAITUR/2019/HU073252018.html
Cite as: [2019] UKAITUR HU073252018, [2019] UKAITUR HU73252018

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Upper Tribunal

(Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Appeal Number: HU/07325/2018

 

 

THE IMMIGRATION ACTS

 

 

Heard at Field House

Decision & Reasons Promulgated

On 25 th February 2019

Typed, corrected, signed and

sent to Promulgation on 6 th March 2019

On 11 th March 2019

 

 

 

Before

 

Upper Tribunal Judge Chalkley

 

 

Between

 

Kimesha Mccleod

(ANONYMITY DIRECTION not made)

Appellant

and

 

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

Respondent

 

 

Representation :

For the Appellant: Mr A Ojo, Legal Representative, Law Eagles

For the Respondent: Mr N McGirr, Senior Home Office Presenting Officer

 

 

REASONS FOR FINDING AN ERROR OF LAW

 

1. The appellant is a national of Jamaica born on 23 rd January 1995 and she applied for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom on 14 th March 2017. That application was refused by the respondent on 7 th March 2018.

 

2. It is asserted by the respondent that the appellant's circumstances had changed since two previous issues of discretionary leave had been granted to her, first on 26 th January 2011 and later on 12 th March 2014, namely the fact that she was no longer in a relationship with a British citizen and instead was in a relationship with another Jamaican citizen who had no status in the United Kingdom. The appellant appealed to the First Tier Tribunal.

 

3. The appeal was heard by First-tier Tribunal Judge Clarke at Taylor House. Unfortunately, nowhere in the judge's decision does he identify what standard of proof he relied upon. The grounds of challenge were unnecessarily lengthy, the obvious error appears to have been identified by First-tier Tribunal Judge Mark Davies, who granted leave to appeal on 19 th December 2018.

 

4. Mr McGirr suggested that there was no error of law because the findings of fact speak for themselves, but of course without a clear indication of the standard of proof the judge has applied to the determination, one cannot ascertain whether he was entitled to make those findings. The other difficulty is that the First Tier Tribunal Judge has not set out anywhere in the determination what the evidence was that he heard.

 

Notice of Decision

 

5. I find that the determination cannot stand and the matter will have to be remitted to the First-tier Tribunal in order that clear, logical and properly reasoned detailed findings can be made on the evidence.

 

 

Richard Chalkley

 

Upper Tribunal Judge Chalkley

 

 

 

 


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