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

 

Upper Tribunal

(Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Appeal Number: EA/03432/2016

 

 

THE IMMIGRATION ACTS

 

 

Heard at Field House	Decision & Reasons Promulgated
On 26 January 2018	On 23 February 2018

 

 

Before

 

DEPUTY UPPER TRIBUNAL JUDGE SHERIDAN

 

Between

 

Mr Mayooran Karunakaran

(ANONYMITY DIRECTION not made)

Appellant

and

 

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

Respondent

 

 

Representation :

 

For the Appellant: Ms R Popal, Counsel, instructed by Amirthan & Suresh Solicitors

For the Respondent: Mr S Walker, Home Office Presenting Officer

 

 

DECISION AND REASONS

 

1.              The appellant is a citizen of Sri Lanka born on 27 November 1983 whose application for a residence card as an extended family member of an EEA national exercising treaty rights was refused on 3 March 2016. The appellant's subsequent appeal to the First-tier Tribunal was heard by Judge McCarthy.

2.              In a decision promulgated on 8 February 2017 the judge, applying the Upper Tribunal decision in Sala (EFMs) [2016] UKUT 411, dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

3.              Before me both parties were in agreement that in light of the recent Court of Appeal decision Khan v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 1755 it was an error of law to find that there was no jurisdiction to hear the appeal. I agree.

4.              As no findings were made by the First-tier Tribunal on the substantive issues the matter will need to be remitted to the First-tier Tribunal to be heard afresh.

Notice of Decision

(1)           The decision of the First-tier Tribunal contains a material error of law and is set aside.

(2)           The appeal is remitted to the First-tier Tribunal to be heard before a judge other than First-tier Tribunal Judge McCarthy.

(3)           No anonymity direction is made.

 

 

Signed
Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge Sheridan			Dated: 19 February 2018