S, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department

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MR C JACOBS & MR A TEAR (instructed by White Ryland, London W12 8HA) appeared on behalf of the CLAIMANT MS C PATRY HOSKINS(instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) appeared on behalf of the DEFENDANT ____________________

In paragraph 28 the Immigration Judge found both the claimant and his wife to be credible witnesses and accepted their accounts in their entirety.

Although Mr Jacobs raised a number of grounds in his skeleton argument, by the conclusion of his submissions and those of Miss Patry Hoskins, on behalf of the defendant, there was a substantial amount of common ground to the following effect.

(1) a senior Immigration Judge could order reconsideration only if he thought that the Immigration Judge "may have made an error of law" (see section 103A of the Nationality and Immigration Act 2002 (as amended).