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For the Respondent: Mr Liam Loughlin, Counsel instructed by Charles Allotey & Co Solicitors
In this determination the Secretary of State, who is the Appellant, is referred to as the Secretary of State and Ms Awuah is referred to as the Claimant rather than Respondent.
The Appellant, the Secretary of State, determined on 25 April 2013 that the Claimant�s application for a residence card should be refused with reference to the absence of evidence to show the Claimant was a relevant person for the purposes of Regulation 7 of the 2006 Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations (the Regulations 2006).
The appeal by the Claimant against that decision came before First-tier Tribunal Judge Blackford who, on 15 May 2014, allowed the appeal on the basis that the documentation provided showed that the marriage had been registered by the Ghanaian authorities and in the circumstances that was sufficient.
The judge also had, although no particular reference is made to it, a letter from the High Commission dated 28 March 2014 and comes under the hand of Mr Bennet G Yeboah, a Counsellor for the Ghanaian High Commission dealing with consular affairs. The letter is written on the Republic of Ghana headed notepaper for the consular section. The letter gives no particulars of Mr Yeboah�s legal experience or expertise on the issue of legality of marriage and the letter is ultimately somewhat unfortunately lacking in clarity. The letter asserted as follows:
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