Mahad v Entry Clearance Officer (sub noms AM (Ethiopia) v Entry Clearance Officer & AM (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD BROWN,LORD HOPE,LORD RODGER,LORD COLLINS,LORD KERR
Judgment Date16 December 2009
Neutral Citation[2009] UKSC 16
Date16 December 2009
CourtSupreme Court
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276 cases
  • Ian Burnip and Others v Birmingham City Council and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 May 2012
    ... ... words "or other status": see AM (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer [2009] EWCA Civ 634 ... of Somalia, who in 2004 had married in Ethiopia a British citizen who normally lived in London ... ...
  • Yarce (Adequate Maintenance: Benefits) [Upper Tribunal]
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
    • 17 October 2012
    ...legal burden of proving that he or she meets the relevant requirements of the immigration rules; and (b) in the light of [19] of Mahad [2009] UKSC 16, any case that depends for its success upon a third party's voluntary payment will need to be scrutinised with particular care. Much will tu......
  • Pembele (Paragraph 399(B)(1) - "Valid Leave" - Meaning) [Upper Tribunal]
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
    • 10 June 2013
    ...of immigration policy.” 20. In the Supreme Court case of Mahad (previously referred to as AM) (Ethiopia) v Entry Clearance Officer [2009] UKSC 16, Lord Brown, having referred to the discussion in Odelola, said at paragraph 10: “…The Rules are not to be construed with all the strictness appl......
  • MF (Article 8 - New Rules) Nigeria [Upper Tribunal]
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
    • 31 October 2012
    ...judges are doing when they are conducting this exercise is simply applying the rules: the rules are the rules: see paragraph 10 Mahad [2009] UKSC 16. The fact that these rules in part refer expressly to Article 8 or to certain Article 8 concepts is incidental. The fact that as a result of t......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Scots Law News
    • United Kingdom
    • Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh Law Review No. , September 2010
    • 1 September 2010
    ...that anonymity was unnecessary. At the hearing of the appeal that assessment proved to be correct. See Mahad v Entry Clearance Officer [2009] UKSC 16; [2010] 1 WLR These are simply examples of what is now a widespread phenomenon. For instance, on a rough calculation, in 8 out of the 58 appe......

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