UI2023004889

            The appellant appeals with the permission of First-tier Tribunal Judge Seelhoff against the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Cary ("the judge"). In his decision, which was issued on 31 August 2023, the judge dismissed the appellant's appeal against the respondent's refusal of his human rights claim.

      The judge summarised the relevant background at [1]-[7] of his decision. We cannot improve on that summary and reproduce it in full:

[3] The Appellant continued to drive and was subsequently prosecuted again at the City of London Magistrates Court on June 10 2008 for driving whilst disqualified and uninsured on May 11 2008. He received a further period of disqualification of 2 years and in addition was given a 4 month prison sentence suspended for 2 years. 40 hours were added to his outstanding unpaid work requirement.

[4] The Appellant next appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court on September 14 2009 when he was again prosecuted whilst disqualified and for using a vehicle whilst uninsured on September 12 2009. He was sentenced to 4 months in prison and disqualified from driving for a further 12 months. He was also dealt with for obstructing a police officer on the same date for which he received a 1 month custodial sentence.

[5] The Appellant continued to offend. On February 25 2011 he was dealt with at Thames Magistrates Court for driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, using a vehicle whilst uninsured and working as a "taxi tout". He was disqualified from driving for 9 months. Within a few weeks he was caught driving whilst disqualified and uninsured on March 8 2011. He was also found to be in possession of a false or improperly obtained identity document. He received a total of 6 months imprisonment and was again disqualified from driving for 2 months.