UI2023003458

Pursuant to rule 14 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008, the appellant is granted anonymity.

No-one shall publish or reveal any information, including the name or address of the appellant, likely to lead members of the public to identify the appellant. Failure to comply with this order could amount to a contempt of court. We continue this order because the Appellant is a minor and there is no legitimate public interest in her identity.

              This is an appeal by a young woman aged about 14 years against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal dismissing her appeal against a decision of the Secretary of State refusing her leave under the EU Settlement Scheme. On 24 October 2023 Upper Tribunal Judge Canavan ordered that she should be represented by a litigation friend.

              As Mr Saeed recognised, the decision in Siddaqa is a very substantial blow to his case. Mr Saeed argued that the decision was wrongly decided. He did that as respectfully as he could but that was his point. Even if that is right, and it is certainly not our view, it is a decision that binds us but we put on the record that he made the submissions that he did.

              Mr Saeed emphasised the youth of the appellant but it is a fact that does not change the principle. It follows therefore that we refused the adjournment application and, after looking at the papers, following Siddiqa we found that we could not do anything other than dismiss the appeal, which is what we do.