Index card R (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Hearings

21 Dec 2022 [2022] EWHC 3274 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 817; [2023] WLR(D) 6, KBD (Lane J)

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN UNION — Freedom of movement — Right to reside — Secretary of State’s EU Settlement Scheme making provision for granting leave to remain to EU citizens resident in UK at time of withdrawal from EU — Scheme providing for applicants with less than five years’ residence to be granted limited leave — Scheme requiring such persons to make further application on completing five years’ residence in order to be granted indefinite leave — Whether scheme unlawful — Immigration Rules, Appendix EU — Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, arts 13, 15, 16, 18

[2022] EWHC 3274 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 817; [2023] WLR(D) 6, KBD

Legislation Considered

Statutory Instruments

Immigration Rules, Appendix EU

EU Enactments

Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, arts 13, 15, 16, 18

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: R (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3274 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 817; [2023] WLR(D) 6, KBD

Basfar v Wong [2022] UKSC 20; [2023] AC 33; [2022] 3 WLR 208; [2022] ICR 1255; [2022] 4 All ER 1; [2022] WLR(D) 305, SC(E)

CG v Department for Communities in Northern Ireland (Case C-709/20); EU:C:2021:602; EU:C:2021:515; [2021] 1 WLR 5919; [2021] WLR(D) 398, ECJ (GC)

Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (supported by United Kingdom intervening) (Case C-408/03); EU:C:2006:192; [2006] All ER (EC) 725, ECJ

Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain. (Case C-157/03); EU:C:2005:225, ECJ

Danielle Roux v Belgian State. (Case C-363/89); EU:C:1991:41, ECJ

Dano v Jobcenter Leipzig (Case C-333/13); EU:C:2014:2358; [2015] 1 WLR 2519; [2015] All ER (EC) 1; [2014] WLR (D) 477, ECJ

EP v Préfet du Gers (No 1) (Case C-673/20); EU:C:2022:449; [2024] 1 WLR 3532; [2023] 1 CMLR 2, ECJ (GC)

Firma Brita GmbH v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Hafen. (Case C-386/08); EU:C:2010:91, ECJ

Oulane v Minister voor Vreemdelingenzaken en Integratie (Case C-215/03); EU:C:2005:95; [2005] QB 1055; [2005] 3 WLR 543, ECJ

Petrea v Ypourgos Esoterikon kai Dioikitikis Anasygrotisis (Case C-184/16); EU:C:2017:684; [2018] 1 WLR 2237; [2017] WLR(D) 601, ECJ

R (Fratila) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] UKSC 53; [2022] PTSR 448; [2022] 3 All ER 1045, SC(E)

R (Howard) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWCA Civ 1068; [2022] 1 WLR 4797; [2023] 2 All ER 1111; [2022] WLR(D) 331; The Times, 9 November 2022, CA

Revenue and Customs Comrs v Anson [2015] UKSC 44; [2015] 4 All ER 288; [2015] STC 1777; [2015] CN 1112; Case details, SC(E)

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Dias (Case C-325/09); EU:C:2011:498; [2012] All ER (EC) 199, ECJ

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Lassal (Child Poverty Action Group intervening) (Case C-162/09); EU:C:2010:592; [2011] All ER (EC) 1169, ECJ

Ziolkowski v Land Berlin (Joined Cases C-424/10 and C-425/10); (Joined cases C-424/10 and C-425/10); EU:C:2011:866; [2014] All ER (EC) 314; [2011] WLR (D) 387, ECJ

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: R (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3274 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 817; [2023] WLR(D) 6, KBD

Applied in R (Here for Good) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2817 (Admin); [2024] WLR(D) 509, KBD

Applied in Fertré v Vale of White Horse District Council [2024] EWHC 1754 (KB); [2024] 1 WLR 5453; [2024] WLR(D) 344, KBD

Cases citing

Cases citing: R (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3274 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 817; [2023] WLR(D) 6, KBD

Celik v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 921; [2024] 1 WLR 1946; [2023] Imm AR 1599; [2023] WLR(D) 364, CA

Emambux v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 1459, CA

Fertré v Vale of White Horse District Council [2024] EWHC 1754 (KB); [2024] 1 WLR 5453; [2024] WLR(D) 344, KBD

Fertré v Vale of White Horse District Council [2024] EWHC 1234 (KB); [2024] PTSR 1158; [2024] WLR(D) 235, KBD

Harrington v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2023] EWCA Civ 433; [2023] 1 WLR 3473; [2023] WLR(D) 185, CA

R (Fatima Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 1615 (Admin); [2024] 1 WLR 1409; [2023] WLR(D) 404, KBD

R (Here for Good) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2817 (Admin); [2024] WLR(D) 509, KBD

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v AT [2023] EWCA Civ 1307; [2024] KB 633; [2024] 2 WLR 967; [2024] 3 All ER 1020, CA

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v VB and another (UC) (European Union law - free movement - workers) [2024] UKUT 212 (AAC), UT

Siddiqa v Entry Clerance Officer [2023] UKUT 47 (IAC), UT

Commentary

Free Movement
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