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Upper Tribunal
(Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Appeal Number: EA/00921/2015
THE IMMIGRATION ACTS
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Decision & Reasons Promulgated |
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On 29 June 2018 |
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Before
UPPER TRIBUNAL JUDGE O'CONNOR
Between
GODWIN ANYAO EZEANWAI
Appellant
and
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT
Respondent
DECSIONS AND REASONS
Introduction
1. The appellant is a citizen of Nigeria born 31.5.1961. He made an application to the Secretary of State for an EEA residence card. The application was refused in a decision served on 21.7.2015, for reasons that I need not need to set out herein.
Decision of the First-tier Tribunal
2. The appellant lodged an appeal before the FtT. That appeal came before FtT Judge Hudson, who concluded in a decision promulgated 3.8.17, that the FtT did not have jurisdiction to determine the appeal. No findings were made in relation to the substance of the appeal. The Judge's conclusion was informed by the guidance given by this Tribunal in Sala [2016] UKUT 411.
3. The appellant appealed such decision to the Upper Tribunal and FtT Judge Blundell granted permission. Thus, the matter comes before me.
Discussion
4. The Court of Appeal has now given consideration to the very issue in play in the instant case - see Khan v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 1755. The Court concluded that the Upper Tribunal had been wrong in its conclusion and rationale in Sala. It is not in dispute that the effect of the decision in Khan, if applied to this case, is that the First-tier Tribunal was wrong to conclude that it did not have jurisdiction in this appeal.
5. For this reason, I set aside the decision of the First-tier Tribunal and remit the appeal back to the First-tier Tribunal to be heard afresh.
Decision
The decision of the First-tier Tribunal is set aside.
The appeal is remitted to the First-tier Tribunal.
Signed Date 19 th June 2018
Upper Tribunal Judge O'Connor
