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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 .
             This is the remaking of the appellant's appeal against the respondent's refusal of his human rights claim, following the setting aside by Upper Tribunal Judge Stephen Smith of the decision of the First-tier Tribunal. A copy of Judge Smith's decision is attached to this decision as Annex 1.
             The case concerns the best interests of a child, in the context of a historic conviction of his father for a sexual offence. I have considered the principle of open justice but consider that it is outweighed by the appellant's personal rights.
             The background to this case is set comprehensively in Judge Smith's decision and I need not rehearse it here, save to note that the appealed decision refused the appellant's application on suitability grounds, in that he did not satisfy paragraph S-EC.1.9 of Appendix FM. That paragraph provides:
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